and sluggish wages lie at the root of high inequality and poverty. This paper looks at changes in hourly earnings from the … address the link between labour markets and the dynamics of inequality and poverty by comparing the average performance of the …

economic outcomes such as income growth, poverty and inequality indicators. Our analysis is based on microsimulations for eight … poverty and inequality. …

This study examines the potential of remittances for promoting economic growth and reducing poverty in Asian countries … poverty rate, but they tend to decrease the poverty gap and thereby ameliorate the depth of poverty. The estimates suggest … that a 10% increase in remittances decreases the poverty gap by about 0.7-1.4%. The paper also explores the robustness of …

This paper examines the relationships between economic growth, income distribution, and poverty for 17 Asian countries … in inequality on poverty. This trade-off between inequality and growth is quantified using a tool called the "inequality …% increase in inequality, with poverty remaining unchanged. Second, the paper looks into the issue of pro-poor growth. How to …

This paper examines the substantive pros and cons of the multidimensional poverty index (MPI) recently developed by … Oxford University's Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI). It provides comparative cross-country and country …-specific discussion on multidimensional poverty and inequality in the non-income space, with a special reference to the countries in the …

Research into multidimensional poverty has gathered momentum in the last half decade, most notably in the aftermath of … policy instruments. Multidimensional poverty theories have been vigorously advocated by some of the most thoughtful and hard …-working economists. The Alkire-Foster Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) measures overlapping multiple deprivations that people face …