Abstract
Following strong economic growth in Asia, most of the world's extreme poor - an estimated 735 million - now live in middle-income countries (Yemtsov et al. 2018). In the process of economic and demographic growth and rapid urbanisation, until the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic we saw declining poverty - in both relative and absolute numbers - accompanying increasing social and regional inequality and persistent nutritional insecurity (FAO, IFAD and WFP 2015).
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Paradox of Agrarian Change: Food Security and the Politics of Social Protection in Indonesia |
Editors | John F. McCarthy, Andrew McWilliam, Gerben Nooteboom |
Place of Publication | Singapore |
Publisher | NUS Press |
Pages | 5-27 |
Number of pages | 23 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789813251830 |
Publication status | Published - 2023 |