quantirativeiy calculates how much growth contributed to the reducfron of poverty since 1986. We argue that the impressive growth … incolne sources in reducing poverty. Applying Kakwani et.al (2004),s methodology to Thai household data during 1986-2002, it … household survey in 2000, the poverty elasticify is calculated at-1.206, meaning that for every I percent increase in average …

Over the past sixty years, the concept of development has expanded from economic growth and investment, to poverty … infrastructure to growth; the significance of growth, infrastructure and human development to poverty reduction; the contribution of … growth and human development to sustainable development; the effect of nonfarm incomes to growth, poverty reduction, and …

Over the past sixty years, the concept of development has expanded from economic growth and investment, to poverty … infrastructure to growth; the significance of growth, infrastructure and human development to poverty reduction; the contribution of … growth and human development to sustainable development; the effect of nonfarm incomes to growth, poverty reduction, and …

This study extends the literature on the relationship between economic growth and poverty reduction by differentiating … growth and poverty into their sectoral compositions and locations. We find that growth in the rural services sector reduces … poverty in all sectors and locations. However, in terms of elasticity of poverty, urban services growth has the largest for …

inter-generational transmission of poverty. Given this perspective, the paper addresses the question : to what extent has …

It is an empirical fact that it is very difficult to balance economic growth, poverty reduction, and environment … targeting of the chronic issue of poverty reduction without causing damage to the natural environment. It is in this context …

This paper assesses the effect of public and private sector growth on poverty in Indonesia. We use fixed capital … find that growth in both sectors significantly reduces poverty; moreover, they have the same elasticity. Therefore, growth … in both public and private sector spending will reduce poverty twice as fast as just relying on public spending. The …

inter-generational transmission of poverty. Given this perspective, the paper addresses the question : to what extent has …

the eight MDGs. The MDGs include eradication of extreme poverty and hunger; universal primary education; gender equality … of progress in achieving the MDGs for the reduction of poverty incidence, the reduction of the infant mortality rate and …, namely : Goal 1 (poverty and hunger), Goal 2 (education), Goal 3 (gender equality), Goal 5 (maternal health), Goal 6 (control …

This study attempts to quantify the links between infrastructure investment and poverty reduction using a multi … quantifying the effects of some of the key linkages between upgraded infrastructure, economic growth, and poverty reduction. We … gains to the GMS countries as a result of infrastructure development and trade facilitation with national poverty reduced …