PAI: Poverty Alleviation Initiatives
Quarterly since 1991
The only inter-agency regional publication exclusively devoted to poverty alleviation, has as its aim to facilitate the exchange of information and experiences among countries, United Nations agencies, institutions and NGOs, and reports on recent activities/initiatives of United Nations agencies concerned with human resources development, urban and rural poverty alleviation.
produced by: United Nations Regional Inter-agency Committee for Asia and the Pacific (RICAP)
distributed by: Rural and Urban Development Division
ISSN: 0858-334X
current issues:
| vol. 7, no. 2, | April-June 1997 | free |
| vol. 7, no. 1, | January-March 1997 | free |
| vol. 6, no. 1-4, | 1996 | free |
Causes, Characteristics and Consequences of Poverty: Reasons for and Modalities of the Uses of Targeting in Selected Poverty Alleviation Programmes in the ESCAP Region, 1995, 63 pages
The Governments of the Asia and Pacific countries have carried out a number of direct poverty alleviation programmes to benefit the poor with the expectation that the assistance provided will strengthen their efforts to extricate themselves from poverty. These programmes: providing opportunities for income generation; education, training and access to credit; and basic needs (health care, nutrition, housing and sanitation), all have a particular target group in mind. This study focuses on an analysis of various modalities of targeting as implemented in selected poverty alleviation programmes in the ESCAP region.
produced by: Development Research and Policy Analysis Division
| ST/ESCAP/1591 | free |
Compendium of Inter-Agency Work Programmes on Rural Poverty Alleviation, 1996-1997, 1997, 27 pages
The aim of the bi-annual publication is to facilitate the exchange of information on work programmes on rural poverty alleviation among United Nations agencies and countries, with the view to promoting inter-agency cooperation and to avoid duplication of activities at the regional level.
produced by: Rural and Urban Development Division
| ST/ESCAP/1713 | free |
Economic Liberalization and Rural Poverty: A Study on the Effects of Price Liberalization and Market Reforms in Asian Developing Countries, 1996, 236 pages
The economic liberalization process begun in recent years in the developing countries of Asia and the Pacific, while generating additional income and employment opportunities for millions of people, has also had a negative affect on some segments of the population where withdrawal of subsidies has had an adverse impact on the rural poor. This publication provides a regional overview, along with country studies of price liberalization and market reforms in China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Viet Nam, along with the report of the regional expert group meeting and a set of conclusions and recommendations.
produced by: Rural and Urban Development Division
| ST/ESCAP/1686 | free |
The Informal Sector and Urban Poverty Alleviation in Asia and the Pacific, 1996, 47 pages
Urbanization is on the rise in most of the developing countries in the ESCAP region, supported by both migration from rural to urban areas and natural population growth, with the result that formal private and public sectors in the urban areas have been unable to absorb the growing labour force, and poverty is increasingly becoming an urban problem. This paper studies the linkages between the urban informal sector and urban poverty, covering the problems and constraints, existing government policies, and measures that have been proposed for promoting the sector's development and its role in poverty alleviation.
produced by: Development Research and Policy Analysis Division
| ST/ESCAP/1600 | free |
Regional Information Base on Poverty Issues: A Review of the Incidence of Poverty and Target Oriented Poverty Alleviation Programmes, 1995, 47 pages
Achievements in the reduction of poverty and success in the implementation of target-oriented poverty alleviation programmes, have been quite varied in the countries of the Asia-Pacific region. The current review of such achievements and experiences is intended to help increase the understanding of the dimensions of the poverty problem and of the critical elements that determine the effectiveness of target-oriented programmes, particularly income-generating poverty alleviation schemes, credit and health-care programmes.
produced by: Development Research and Policy Analysis Division
| ST/ESCAP/1568 | free |
A Replicable Model for Improving District-Level Coordination in Poverty Alleviation in South Asia, 1997, 197 pages
The multiplicity of poverty alleviation programmes in the South Asian countries, while conceived at the national level are implemented at the district level and relate to diverse areas such as health, credit, employment creation and training. The resulting multiplicity of these programmes thus requires the strengthening of coordination among the implementing agencies in order to better exploit the synergy between them and to reduce the duplication of activities. This publication documents and analyses the modalities of creating and operating a subregional network of district forums with the objective of enhancing the effectiveness of poverty alleviation.
produced by: Development Research and Policy Analysis Division
| ST/ESCAP/1772 | free |
Role of the Informal Service Sector in Urban Poverty Alleviation, 1996, 250 pages
Despite significant achievements in reducing the incidence of poverty, it is still one of the most serious problems confronting many developing countries in the Asian and Pacific region, particularly where growing urbanization, due to both migration and natural increases in population, have led to the emergence of urban poverty as a serious problem. In this volume, six detailed country studies on Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines and Thailand, plus an overview study, presented at a regional seminar held in May 1996 in Bangkok, review the problems and constraints faced by the informal service sector.
produced by: Development Research and Policy Analysis Division
| ST/ESCAP/1706 | free |
Rural Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific, 1996, 104 pages
Incidence of rural poverty in the ESCAP region, where the majority of the world's poor are found, is still extensive despite reasonable economic growth over the last decade. This study, which served as the basis for discussion on rural poverty alleviation and sustainable development at the Commission's fifty-second session, reviews the need for appropriate development strategies and macroeconomic policies to stimulate overall national growth, including agricultural growth, and focuses on ways of securing rural women their due share in prosperity.
produced by: Rural and Urban Development Division
| ST/ESCAP/1617 | free |
Urban Community-based Savings and Credit Systems in Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic and Viet Nam, 1997, 32 pages
Community-based savings and credit schemes are an important and effective means of alleviating poverty and in addition to their direct impact of raising incomes and encouraging poor households to enter the market economy, these schemes also serve as an entry point for comprehensive community and human development. This monograph is the first attempt to document savings and credit schemes in the transition economies of Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic and Viet Nam.
produced by: Rural and Urban Development Division
| ST/ESCAP/1746 | free |
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Also related to the subject of this section are the publications listed below. Please look for a detailed description in the given sections.
* High-level Seminar on Integrated Uses of Space Applications for Poverty Alleviation and
Rural Development: Proceedings (Space Technology)
* Making an Impact: Innovative HRD Approaches to Poverty Alleviation (Human Resources
Development)
* Showing the Way: Methodologies for Successful Rural Poverty Alleviation Projects (Human
Resources Development)
* Working with Women in Poverty: Nine Innovative Approaches Submitted for ESCAP HRD
Award (Women in Development)