important role in addressing poverty and vulnerability; however, the process by which the safety nets have been developed in … effectiveness are both necessary and possible. Poverty and extreme poverty in Swaziland are both overwhelmingly rural phenomena. The … incidence of poverty is 73 percent in rural areas but only 31 percent in urban areas. Eighty-eight percent of the poor and 95 …

's Democratic Republic, with the Gini coefficient rising from 0.311 to 0.364, even though absolute poverty incidence has halved. The … increase in inequality was statistically significant and reduced the average rate of poverty reduction per year by about 28 …

. Using an econometric regression for studying the poverty reduction impacts of rural electrification in the Philippines, we … also find evidence of a positive relationship between rural electrification and poverty reduction. However, in order to …

Modern bioenergy is a core ingredient of sustainable economic development as it plays an important role in poverty … stimulate modern bioenergy innovation in order to achieve multiple-win outcomes in terms of poverty alleviation, improved health …

goal of ending extreme poverty remains paramount. Globally, the World Bank set goals to end extreme poverty by 2030 and to …, eliminating poverty by 2030 is out of the region's reach. Even under our 'best case' scenario of accelerated growth and … redistribution from the richest 10 percent to the poorest 40 percent of the population, the poverty rate would still be around 10 …

poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient … into a middle income country (ADB, 2014). This has stimulated the need to understand causes of inequality and poverty for … poverty because they will substantially undermine the economic growth if left unchecked (ADB, 2014). The objective of this …