The "developing world's middle class" is defined here as those who are not poor when judged by the median poverty line …-fifths came from Asia, and half from China. Most of the new entrants remained fairly close to poverty, with incomes now bunched up …

poverty, the political economy of urban poverty, urban real estate and housing, urban infrastructure finance, and external …

The objective of this study is to contribute to a better understanding of the extent and nature of poverty in urban … disparities within urban areas between capital cities and secondary cities, and focusing on dimensions of poverty related to … cities, with households in secondary cities being worse off. In addition, secondary cities often had poverty indicators …

Brazil's inequalities in welfare and poverty across and within regions can be accounted for by differences in household …

that foster deep and persistent poverty, such as lack of connectivity to markets, have provided a degree of protection for …

This paper identifies and estimates the strength of the reduction in poverty linked to improved opportunities for women … in the expanding maquila sector. A simulation exercise shows that, at a given point in time, poverty in Honduras would … have been 1.5 percentage points higher had the maquila sector not existed. Of this increase in poverty, 0.35 percentage …