findings indicate that increases in national income have a significant moderating effect on income inequality: a one percent … could help reduce income inequality. …

-led growth model. Between Chinese households, we find that the most important factors explaining income inequality are location … SMEs, including in rural areas. Not surprisingly, given the argued nexus between China’s growth strategy and inequality …This paper uses the Shapley Value decomposition technique to assess the factors behind the rise of inequality in China …

We document the evolution of poverty and inequality across Indian states during the recent period of rapid growth (2004 …-09), and examine the role of growth and distribution in reducing poverty. Robust economic growth has been a major driver of … poverty reduction and inclusiveness in India. We explore the role of economic policies and macrofinancial conditions in …

outcomes. It finds that while poverty has fallen across the region over the last two decades, inequality has increased …, dampening the impact of growth on poverty reduction. As a result, relative to other emerging and developing regions and to Asia …This paper assesses how pro-poor and inclusive Asia’s recent growth has been, and what factors have been driving these …

dynamic measure permits us to focus on inequality as well as distinguish between countries where per capita income growth was …We estimate a unified measure of inclusive growth for emerging markets by integrating their economic growth performance … the macroeconomic level to measure inclusive growth that is closer to the absolute definition of pro-poor growth. This …

This selected issues paper on Sudan was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background … the views of the government of Sudan or the Executive Board of the IMF. …

KEY ISSUES Political Context: Sudan is embarking on a difficult national dialogue with the opposition and some armed … needed to address the challenges that emerged after the secession of South Sudan, including sustaining a much-needed broad … by the South Sudan conflict, further widening the gap between the official and curb market rates to more than 50 percent …

ended on July 23, 2012, with the officials of Sudan on economic developments and policies. Based on information available at …

introduction in June 2012 of a package of reforms. Non-oil real GDP growth slowed to 4.6 percent, inflation rose to 44.4 percent by …-December. The outlook for 2013 and the medium term are unfavorable. Non-oil real GDP growth is projected to slow further to 2 …

This Joint Staff Advisory Note focuses on the Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (I-PRSP) for Sudan. I … growth and poverty reduction policies. It is the first comprehensive policy document that assesses the challenges of and … opportunities for poverty reduction. This strategy lays out a clear policy approach for the Government of Sudan to accelerate …