This study explores the extent to which inequality affects the impact of income growth on the rates of poverty changes … both regions and all three measures of poverty?headcount, gap, and squared gap?the paper finds the impact of GDP growth on … poverty reduction as a decreasing function of initial inequality. The impacts are similar in direction for SSA and non-SSA, so …

The study presents recent global evidence on the transformation of economic growth to poverty reduction in developing …-specific data are analysed for the US$1.25 and US$2.50 level poverty headcount ratios using the most recent World Bank data. The … study finds that on average income growth has been the major driving force behind both the declines and increases in poverty …