This paper looks into the interrelation between economic growth, inequality, and poverty. Using the notion of pro … reduction in poverty is monotonically an increasing function of the pro-poor growth measure. This paper proposes a pro …-poor growth measure that satisfies the monotonicity criterion. This measure is called the ‘poverty equivalent growth rate’, which …

since the late 1990s conclude that aid increases economic growth. By implication, therefore, it can be inferred that poverty …. A downturn in volumes in the 1990s is demonstrated. It asserts that poverty is higher and the MDGs are hard to achieve …

This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its …

This paper examines trends in income distribution and its linkages to economic growth and poverty reduction in order to … understand the prospects for achieving poverty reduction in Africa. We examine the levels and trends in income distribution in …

policy. This paper reviews the current evidence regarding the impact of aid on growth and poverty reduction, and develops a … concludes that aid broadly works, that poverty would be higher in the absence of aid, and that the shortfall in aid during the …-up in aid and other development finance flows is now necessary if poverty is to be substantially reduced by 2015. …

public spending in the social sector would contribute to declining poverty and inequality in health and education, even in an … environment of stagnant or worsening levels of income poverty. Unfortunately, our results indicate that in the area of health …

This study explores the extent to which inequality affects the impact of income growth on the rates of poverty changes … both regions and all three measures of poverty - headcount, gap, and squared gap - the paper finds the impact of GDP growth … on poverty reduction as a decreasing function of initial inequality. The impacts are similar in direction for SSA and non …

redistribute income. The redistributive power of 56 transfers in eight countries is measured by their simulated impacts on poverty … unit subsidies limit the redistributive, poverty and inequality impacts of even the most targeted social assistance …

There are alternative definitions of vulnerability to poverty. Most researchers prefer to define vulnerability as the … probability of a household or individual falling into poverty in the future. Based on this definition and using household survey … panel data from rural China, this paper attempt to assess the extent to which we can measure vulnerability to poverty. The …

This paper argues that both openness and poverty in a country are endogenously determined by the country’s long …