Persistence of poverty and early attempts to eradicate it
Advent of the market economy and its impact on poverty
Alternative definitions and measurements of poverty
Some macro-indicators of poverty
Absolute and proportionate poverty
Sectoral poverty: literacy, education and health
Human deprivation and distress
Levels of human development
International differences in poverty levels
Poverty in the highly developed market economies
How recession in the Asian economies negatively impacts the poverty situation
What obstructs and what facilitates poverty removal
Strategies for poverty reduction in different regimes
Package of policies for poverty elimination.
