The State and the Advocate: Case studies on development policy in Asia

by Teresita Cruz-del Rosario

This book seeks to demonstrate the role of public policy in support of equitable and inclusive development. The achievement of this overarching goal rests on an assumption that development does not happen by chance or by accident, but, rather, through the deliberate application of analytical tools which public policy is able to provide. Set within an Asian context, the book emphasizes the role of public policy in reducing poverty, eliminating deprivation,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041569356X
• ISBN13: 9780415693561
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"