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 …

reduce the wide differences in income earned, so that the number of people living below the poverty line can be reduced? What … roles do education and the migration of household members play in lifting people out of poverty and in improving income … inequality and poverty in developing countries. These studies help policymakers understand the root causes of income inequality …

"This paper addresses the potential effects of a world agricultural trade liberalization scenario on poverty and … Brazil, tailored for income distribution and poverty analysis. The model distinguishes 10 different labor types and 270 … model. Poverty and income distribution indexes are computed over the entire sample of households and persons, before and …

policy use case studies from South Asia (Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan) and East Asia (Indonesia, the Philippines, and …

This paper examines the recent decentralization of governance in Indonesia and its impact on local infrastructure … provision. The decentralization of decisionmaking power to local jurisdictions in Indonesia may have improved the matching of …

Rural non-farm development plays a key role in generating employment in many developing countries. Clustering is an …

functioning of rural nonfarm labor markets is therefore crucial in determining who has access to nonfarm employment. Previous … contacts are more likely to obtain nonfarm jobs. Moreover, guanxi has a larger effect on the nonfarm employment opportunities …