Empirical evidence suggests that women are more vulnerable to chronic poverty and gender inequality is likely to … condition the impacts of policies on the rest of the economy and consequently on poverty itself. While gender … debate by assessing the induced gender employment bias of current taxation policies in these countries. It explores the …

Using the case of Zambia, this paper examines whether structural change translates into reduced poverty and improved … generated additional jobs, but the share of employment growth from these sectors was small and skewed more toward higher …

poverty reduction but also in economic growth. …

Public Expenditures, Growth, and Poverty assesses the efficacy of poverty reduction programs in Latin America, Africa … long term, while food aid and poverty reduction programs have little utility beyond immediately abating hunger and …- and long-run impact on poverty through various channels. It surveys spending trends and analyzes the effect of growing …

Rapid economic growth has failed to significantly improve poverty and nutrition outcomes in Tanzania. This raises … concerns over a decoupling of growth, poverty, and nutrition. We link recent production trends to household incomes using a … growth—not the level—is currently constraining the rate of poverty reduction in Tanzania. Most importantly, agricultural …

poverty, because poultry is an important income source for poor farmers and a major food item in consumers' baskets. Avian flu …

an opportunity to enhance growth and poverty reduction. Overall, the proposed biofuel investments increase Mozambique …'s annual economic growth by 0.6 percentage points and reduce the incidence of poverty by about six percentage points over the …