Despite of the fact that poverty is one of the major issues concerning policy makers, it has received less attention … explore the nexus between growth in services sector of Pakistan and its poverty reducing impact. A time series data ranging … indicate that growth in wholesale and retail trade and the ownership of dwelling reduce poverty only in the short run. Growth …

income distributions and national accounts GDP, we estimate income distributions, poverty rates, and inequality indices for … African countries for the period 1990–2011. We show that: (1) African poverty is falling rapidly; (2) the African countries … for which good inequality data exists are set to reach the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) poverty target on time. The …

poverty of SSA has many dimensions and causes, both internal and external. Certainly part of its underdevelopment is … is that the principal therapy for poverty in SSA comes from within by addressing the internal obstacles to growth …

This paper investigates the links between social capital and household poverty in Uganda. It assumes a two-way causal … relationship between poverty and access to social capital. This suggests an endogeneity problem, so the paper uses econometric … poverty. Education was the key determinant of income and increases the probability of joining social networks. Their results …