01614cas a2200229 a 4500 AALejournalIMF008218 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 9781451952896 0145-1707 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept. Finance and Development, June 2002. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (58 pages) Finance and Development <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper highlights that despite unprecedented gains in living standards in some countries over the past few decades, poverty continues as a harsh reality in too much of the developing world. The causes lie in part with poor country governments that have not followed through on the policies and programs needed to accelerate growth and eradicate poverty. But they also reflect the uneven record of development assistance and protectionist trade policies and agricultural subsidies in industrial countries, which have dampened profitable investment and growth in the developing world. Mode of access: Internet Finance and Development; Finance and Development ; No. 0039/002 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/022/0039/002/022.0039.issue-002-en.xml IMF e-Library