Rural Poverty in Developing Countries: Implications for Public Policy

Economic Issues, March 14, 2001

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Bibliographic details

• Authors: Mahmood Hasan Khan
• Published: March 14, 2001
• Series: Economic Issues
• Volume: 2001
• Issue: 003
• Pages: 18
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589060067.051
• Stock No: EIIEA026
• ISBN: 9781589060067
• ISSN: 1020-5098

Overview

• Author: Mahmood Hasan Khan
• Publication date: March 14, 2001
• Format: Economic Issues No. 2001/003
• Summary: Reviews causes of poverty in rural areas and presents a policy framework for reducing rural poverty, including through land reform, public works programs, access to credit, physical and social infrastructure, subsidies, and transfer of technology. Identifies key elements for drafting a policy to reduce rural poverty.

Policy framework and recommended interventions

• Land reform
• Public works programs
• Access to credit
• Physical and social infrastructure
• Subsidies
• Transfer of technology

Key elements for drafting a policy to reduce rural poverty

• Identification of causes of poverty in rural areas
• Design of poverty-mitigating strategies and poverty-creating process countermeasures
• Integration of infrastructure, education, labor, and national accounts considerations into policy design
• Consideration of policy bias and differential impacts across groups

Subjects and keywords

• Subject: Education, Infrastructure, Labor, National accounts, Poverty, Poverty reduction
• Keywords: EI, Infrastructure, policy, Policy bias, poverty difference, Poverty reduction, poverty-creating process, poverty-mitigating strategy, rural poverty, Sub-Saharan Africa