Living Standards in Southeast Asia: Changes Over the Long Twentieth Century, 1900-2015

by Anne Booth and Anne Booth

=First the book presents data on a number of indicators of living standards across Southeast Asia over the last century Second, the book presents a detailed analysis of the estimates of poverty and inequality published by international agencies and national governments, and points out the problems with these estimates. Third, the book looks at policies implemented by governments across the region to achieve pro-poor growth, and argues that these policies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 946372981X
• ISBN13: 9789463729819
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"