Subject(s): Agrarian issues, Labour, Child work, Gender -- Neoliberalism in Asia. -- Poverty in Asia. -- Equality in Asia. -- Poverty, inequality and development state in China : in post-reform period, China and Human development state -- Food insecurity, poverty and employment in India : Food security, undernourishment and poverty in India during 1990s, higher growth, lower poverty and higher unemployment- post reform Indian economy -- Poverty, child work, gender and labour- Bangladesh and India :Poverty as a determinant of children's market work and household work in Bangladesh, Gender and labour- post reform scenario in India -- Agrarian issues and reforms : Land tenure reforms- proposal for alternative peasant social construction, agrarian issues in our times-liberalisation and agrarian change in a south Indian agrarian economy, priorities in lending and agricultural credit in India -- Global industrial consolidation, technology constitution and social shaping- Asian perspective : Price theory and multinational oligopoly, social shaping of India's computer software technology sector- methodological analysis in terms of actors and networks