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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsI. The Role of the Private Sector: Studies and Evidence.- 1. Reducing Poverty: The Overall Framework.- 2. Escaping from Poverty: Household Income Dynamics in Indonesia, South Africa, Spain, and Venezuela.- 3. Long-term Economic Mobility and the Private Sector in Developing Countries: New Evidence.- 4. Informal Self-Employment: Poverty Trap or Decent Alternative?.- II. The Private Sector at Work: Cases from Around the World.- 5. Generating Upward Mobility: The Case of Korea and Private Sector Development.- 6. The Central Role of Entrepreneurs in Transition Economies.- 7. Opportunities off the Farm as a Springboard Out of Rural Poverty: Five Decades of Development in an Indian Village.- 8. The Problem of African Entrepreneurial Development.- III. The Business Environment.- 9. The Firms Speak: What the World Business Environment Survey Tells Us about Constraints on Private Sector Development.- 10. Obstacles Facing Smaller Business in Developing Countries.- IV. Public Policy And Public Attitudes.- 11. Bringing SMEs into Global Markets.- 12. The Role of Government in Enhancing Opportunity for the Poor: Economic Mobility, Public Attitudes, and Public Policy.
