Subject(s): Developing countries -- Economic conditions. -- Business enterprises -- Role of private sector- studies and evidence : Reducing poverty, escaping from poverty- household income dynamics in Indonesia, south Africa, Spain and Venezuela, lon term economic mobility and private sector in developing countries, informal self employment- poverty trap or decent alternative -- Private sector at work- case from around the world : Generating upward mobility- case of Korea and private sector development, central role of entrepreneurs in transition economies, opportunities off farm as a springboard out of rural poverty- five decades of development in Indian village, problem of African entrepreneurial development -- Business environment : World business environment survey tell about constraints on private sector development, obstacles facing smaller business in developing countries -- Public policy and public attitudes : Brining SMEs into global markets, role of government in enhancing opportunity for poor, economic mobility, public attitudes and public policy