...Michael Moffatt Behind Poverty: The Social Formation in a Tamil Village . By Göran Djurfeldt and Staffan Lindberg . Lund : Studentlitteratur ; and London: Curzon Press, 1975 . 340 pp. Maps, Illustrations, Tables, Notes, Appendixes, Glossary, Bibliography, n.p.l. Pills against...

...Choh-Ming Li Poverty and Capital Development in India . By D. K. Rangnekar . Issued under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. London and New York : Oxford University Press , 1958 . xii, 316 . $6.40. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1959...

...J. S. Uppal The Indian Economy: Poverty and Development . By Pramit Chaudhuri . New York : St. Martin's Press , 1979 . xi , 179 pp. Bibliographic References, Index. $18.95. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1981 1981 404 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES McClelland et al...

...Nicolaas Luykx The Poverty Curtain: Choices for the Third World . By Mahbub ul Haq . New York : Columbia University Press , 1976 . xvii, 247 pp. Statistical Appendix, Selected Readings, Index. $12.50 (cloth); $5.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1978...

... way into this useful book. ALICE W. CLARK University of California-Berkeley Privatization in Bangladesh: Economic Transition in a Poor Country. By C L A R E E. HUMPHREY. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1990. xii, 275 pp. $36.50 (paper). The Grameen Bank: Poverty Relief in Bangladesh. Edited by A B U N...

...Sanjib Baruah The State and the Poor: Public Policy and Political Development in India and the United States . By John Echeverri-Gent . Berkeley : University of California Press , 1993 . 312 pp. $45.00 (cloth). Agricultural Growth, Rural Poverty and Environmental Degradation...

...Ramdas Menon Rural Poverty in Developing Asia: Volume 2—Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Philippines and Thailand . Edited by M. G. Quibria . Manila : Asian Development Bank , 1996 . xxx, 774 pp. $25.00 (paper). Distributed by Paul and Company. Copyright © The Association for Asian...

...Robert Laporte, Jr. Just Development: Beyond Adjustment with a Human Face . Edited by Tariq J. Banuri , Shahrukh Rafi Khan , and Moazam Mahmood . Karachi : Oxford University Press , 1997 . xv, 207 pp. $27.00 (cloth). Who Needs Credit? Poverty and Finance in Bangladesh . Edited...

...Haleh Afshar Poverty, Female-Headed Households, and Sustainable Economic Development . By Nerina Vecchio and Katrik C. Roy . Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press , 1998 . xii, 117 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1999 1999 472 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES...

...Adam Fforde Profit and Poverty in Rural Vietnam: Winners and Losers of a Dismantled Revolution . By Rita Liljestrom , Eva Lindskog , Nguyen Van Ang , and Vuong Xuan Tinh . Richmond : NIAS/Curzon . xii, 269 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1999 1999 898...

...John J. Metz Forest or Farm? The Politics of Poverty and Land Hunger in Nepal . By Krishna Ghimire . Delhi : Oxford University Press , 1992 . xv, 213 pp. $24.00. Economic Development and Environment: A Case Study of India . Edited by Kartik C. Roy Clement A. Tisdell and Raj...

...Yana Van Der Meulen Rodgers The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity, and Growth: Five Small Open Economies . Edited by Ronald Findlay and Stanislaw Wellisz . A World Bank Comparative Study. New York : Oxford University Press , 1993 . xi, 321 pp. $39.95. Copyright ©...

...Mridula Udayagiri India's Industrial Cities: Essays in Economy and Demography . By Nigel Crook . Delhi : Oxford University Press , 1993 . vi, 181 pp. $21.00. Power, Poverty and Poison: Disaster and Response in an Indian City . By James Manor . New Delhi : Sage Publications...

...David Ludden 822 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES The stories tell overwhelmingly of conflicts and sorrows. In many stories, marriages were arranged without complete knowledge of the bridegroom's family circumstances, so that a bride was almost sure to face poverty and/or unhappiness in her new home...

...F. Tomasson Jannuzi Direct Attacks on Rural Poverty: Policy, Programmes, and Implementation . By Prabhu Ghate . New Delhi : Concept Publishing Co. , 1984 . xvi, 597 pp. Rs. 200.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1988 1988 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTH ASIA 677 Social...

...Joanna Kirkpatrick Poverty and Women's Work: A Study of Sweeper Women in Delhi . By Malavika Karlekar . Delhi : Vikas Publishing House , 1982 . ix, 158 pp. Tables, Appendix, References, Index. $22.50. (Distributed in the United States and Canada by Advent Books, New York.) Copyright ©...

...Jyotirindra DasGupta Abstract The author reviews a number of books dealing with economic development in South Asia. He discusses the fact that, although there have been three decades of sophisticated approaches to economic growth in South Asia, mass poverty remains entrenched. He attempts...

...Ravee Raghavan Poverty and Social Change in Southeast Asia (Selections from the Proceedings, Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies, 1978.) . Edited by Ozay Mehmet . Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press , 1979 . 283 pp. Tables, Maps. N.p.l. (paper). Copyright © The Association...

...James Brow Basic Needs, Poverty and Government Policies in Sri Lanka . By Peter Richards and Wilbert Gooneratne . Geneva : International Labour Office , 1980 . 176 pp. Sw F 17.50. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1981 1981 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTH ASIA 187 electoral...

...Kusum Nair Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations . By Gunnar Myrdal . New York : Twentieth Century Fund . 1968 . 3 Vols xxx, 2,284 pp. Postscript, Appendices, Maps, Author, and Subject Indexes. $25.00. Pantheon Books, Paper $8.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian...