undernourishment (hunger), largely through gaining farmers and others access to productivity-enhancing equipment, translating into …

for half of economic growth. Finally, institutions can affect poverty and equity, although the effects seem generally … with formal institutions. Second, the impact of labor market institutions on productivity growth has probably been …

. Economic growth is essential for any large-scale poverty reduction. Green growth, a growth process that is sensitive to … poverty-reducing growth. The paper contrasts some common and stylized green-sensitive growth ideas related to agriculture …, trade, technology, infrastructure, and urban development with the requirements of poverty-sensitive growth. It finds that …

The paper presents a major overhaul to the World Bank's past estimates of global poverty, incorporating new and better … data. Extreme poverty-as judged by what "poverty" means in the world's poorest countries-is found to be more pervasive than … we thought. Yet the data also provide robust evidence of continually declining poverty incidence and depth since the …

poverty reduction. The authors use a sample of 104 short-run growth spells in developing countries, between 1980 and 2001 … of growth does not matter for poverty reduction any more than the aggregate productivity intensity of growth, the … is associated with decreases in poverty, while employment-intensive growth in agriculture is correlated with poverty …

matters to reducing absolute income poverty is the rate of economic growth. The author takes (1) as given but questions (2 …It has been argued that inequality should be of little concern in poor countries on the grounds that (1) absolute … poverty in terms of consumption (or income) is the overriding issue in poor countries, and (2) the only thing that really …

This paper reports on the findings from a major international research project investigating the poverty impacts of a … global modeling framework. These world trade impacts, in turn, form the basis for 12 country case studies of the national … poverty impacts of these DDA scenarios. The focus countries include Bangladesh, Brazil (two studies), Cameroon, China (two …

middle (the rural nonfarm economy and secondary towns) yields more inclusive growth patterns and faster poverty reduction … for faster poverty reduction. …

closely related to the age-old debate on growth versus direct welfare interventions as instruments for countering poverty. The …The World Bank Group recently adopted two overarching goals -- the end of extreme, chronic poverty in the world by 2030 … paper analyzes past trends on poverty and tries to shed new light on this old debate …

Against what standards should we judge the developing world's overall performance against poverty going forward? The …. The first measure is absolute consumption poverty, as judged by what "poverty" means in the poorest countries. The second … is a new measure of global poverty combining absolute poverty with country-specific social inclusion needs, consistently …