TY - BOOK TI - Poverty reduction and human resource development in the Caribbean AV - 200 HC 151 P879 1996 PY - 1996/// CY - Washington PB - World Bank KW - Poverty KW - Caribbean Area KW - Economic assistance, Domestic N2 - The characteristics and causes of poverty, 1. -- Poverty and icome distribution in the 1990s, 1. -- Demographic and household characteristics of the poor, 3. -- Gender and poverty, 5. -- Employment and sources of income, 7. -- Crime and violence, 9. -- The causes of poverty, 13. -- Low economic growth performance, 13. -- Macroecomic shocks, policy response, and impact on the poor, 14. -- Structural adjustment and the poor, 15. -- Sustaining growth beyond adjustment, 20. -- Labor markets and poverty, 21. -- Human resource development, 27. -- Povertty alleviation efforts and coping mechanisms, 31. -- The formal safety net, 31. -- Social assistance, 35. -- Microenterprise development, 37. -- The informal safety net, 39. -- The role of the family, 39. -- The role of community participation, 40. -- Migration, 44 ER -