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Comments by Maria Socorro Gochoco-Bautista, on In Search of a Strategy for Making Growth More Pro-Poor in the Philippines

Comments by Maria Socorro Gochoco-Bautista, on In Search of a Strategy for Making Growth More... Comments the authors, is through their remittances and the small-scale businesses the money repatriated enables. But they ignored the immediate effect; a growing stock of OFWs amounts to a growing export of the poor out of these poverty-stricken areas. That, too, is a pro-poor measure. In conclusion, although urban development may have positive externalities in alleviating rural poverty, I am not entirely convinced that focusing on non-agricultural development is the best method to alleviate rural poverty. My old-fashioned thinking suggests that the fastest way to touch the tip of one’s nose is to reach for it directly rather than wrapping one’s arm around the head to get to the nose. But that is a personal predilection. Comments Comments by Maria Socorro Gochoco-Bautista, on In Search of a Strategy for Making Growth More Pro-Poor in the Philippines Maria Socorro Gochoco-Bautista: There is a difference between structural transformation in which the share of agriculture in total output declines over time, and structural transformation in which the share of agricultural sector employment to total employment declines over time as a country develops. The authors state that they would like to focus on the output side of structural adjustment (i.e., what happens http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Economic Papers MIT Press

Comments by Maria Socorro Gochoco-Bautista, on In Search of a Strategy for Making Growth More Pro-Poor in the Philippines

Gochoco-Bautista, Maria Socorro
Asian Economic Papers , Volume 14 (1) – Jan 1, 2015
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© 2015 by the Earth Institute at Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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1535-3516
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10.1162/ASEP_a_00340
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Comments the authors, is through their remittances and the small-scale businesses the money repatriated enables. But they ignored the immediate effect; a growing stock of OFWs amounts to a growing export of the poor out of these poverty-stricken areas. That, too, is a pro-poor measure. In conclusion, although urban development may have positive externalities in alleviating rural poverty, I am not entirely convinced that focusing on non-agricultural development is the best method to alleviate rural poverty. My old-fashioned thinking suggests that the fastest way to touch the tip of one’s nose is to reach for it directly rather than wrapping one’s arm around the head to get to the nose. But that is a personal predilection. Comments Comments by Maria Socorro Gochoco-Bautista, on In Search of a Strategy for Making Growth More Pro-Poor in the Philippines Maria Socorro Gochoco-Bautista: There is a difference between structural transformation in which the share of agriculture in total output declines over time, and structural transformation in which the share of agricultural sector employment to total employment declines over time as a country develops. The authors state that they would like to focus on the output side of structural adjustment (i.e., what happens

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Published: Jan 1, 2015

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