This book explores issues related to poverty in South Asia in a two-pronged manner-by focusing on injustice created and perpetuated by the unjust nature of a social order as its source and then providing concrete suggestions about how policymakers may move to challenge these injustices.

Drawing research inputs from studies across various South Asian countries, the book redefines poverty as a process where certain sections of the society are excluded from equal participation in development opportunities as well as decision-making. It further identifies a variety of operational ideas for policymakers, political activists and civil society advocacy groups committed to build a more just and poverty free society in South Asia.



Table of Contents:

Preface Poverty as Structural Injustice Prevailing Poverty Alleviation Strategies: A Review Promoting Agrarian Reform Enhancing the Market Power of the Excluded: Sharing in Value Addition Democratising Educational Opportunities Budgetary Policies for Poverty Eradication Financial Policies for Poverty Eradication Broadening Ownership of Assets through Collective Action Institutions for Promoting Collective Action by the Excluded The Political Economy of Structural Change Annexures Bibliography Index