Redistribution Policies for The Rural Poor of Developing Countries

Benefits of economic development have often been unequally shared by different segments of the population in many countries. The phenomenon had long been considered in economics an inevitable consequence, as well as necessary cause, of economic growth. 
    However, the validity of such a view has come under strong criticsm by both non-economists and economists. This book considers policies of equitable economic development for developing countries. Its focus is on inequality within a country, and the target beneficiaries are the rural poor. The objectives of the policies discussed in this book are to increase and improve the productive resources owned by the rural poor and create opportunities for them to use these resources to generate higher income. The author emphasies the important of coordination among various pro-poor strategies in order for equatibale development to be achived successfully. This small volume is suitable as a primer in economic development.

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