affect the household consumption expenditure and hence poverty. The findings suggest that reduction in remittances will … reduce gross domestic product, investment, and household consumption, which in turn will increase poverty. On the other hand …, the probability of households becoming poor decreases by 12.7% if they receive remittances. The poverty headcount ratio …

prospects as an engine of growth. Our analysis resoundingly confirms the conventional wisdom of an underperforming service …

$2 per day poverty lines. This can be attributed to faster population growth than poverty reduction. The ranking of the …Poverty reduction in the Asia and the Pacific region in 2005-2008 had been quite significant. Despite the global crisis …, an estimated 150 million people exited extreme poverty by 2008 - from 903.4 million in 2005 to 753.5 million, bringing …

Papua New Guinea’s economic growth has outpaced the majority of economies in Southeast Asia and the Pacific since 2007 … economic growth high, sustained, inclusive, and broad-based to more effectively improve its population’s welfare. This report …