Book contents
- The Psychology of Poverty Alleviation
- The Psychology of Poverty Alleviation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II The Underlying Psychology
- Part III Lessons from Pro-Poor Policy Instruments
- 4 Conditional Cash Transfers
- 5 Social-Sector Spending Targeting the Poor
- 6 Pro-Poor Subsidies and the Problem of Leakage
- 7 Affirmative Action
- 8 Regional Development Targeting the Poorest Areas
- Part IV Overcoming Obstacles in the Policy Process
- References
- Index
8 - Regional Development Targeting the Poorest Areas
from Part III - Lessons from Pro-Poor Policy Instruments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 September 2020
Book contents
- The Psychology of Poverty Alleviation
- The Psychology of Poverty Alleviation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II The Underlying Psychology
- Part III Lessons from Pro-Poor Policy Instruments
- 4 Conditional Cash Transfers
- 5 Social-Sector Spending Targeting the Poor
- 6 Pro-Poor Subsidies and the Problem of Leakage
- 7 Affirmative Action
- 8 Regional Development Targeting the Poorest Areas
- Part IV Overcoming Obstacles in the Policy Process
- References
- Index
Summary
The final broad approach to addressing poverty alleviation is to target investment to the poor regions of the country (Richardson 1982). It may not be the case that the very poorest people reside in that region, but a low regional per capita income is typically a good indication of the existence of many poor people. Equally important, insofar as people perceive that they are living in one of the poorest regions, they may very well press for investment to redress the disparity between their region and wealthier regions.
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- The Psychology of Poverty AlleviationChallenges in Developing Countries, pp. 170 - 190Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020