"While substantial research finds that financial development boosts overall economic growth, we study whether financial development disproportionately raises the incomes of the poor and alleviates poverty. Using a broad cross-country sample, we distinguish among competing theoretical predictions...

Methodology and Modelling -- Globarlisation and the Environment from a Development Perspective -- Trade and Environmental Policy Instruments and Reforms -- Empirical Modelling of Trade and the Environment -- Input-Based Pollution Estimates for Environmental Assessment in Developing Countries --...