This paper reviews the Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Evaluation Report 2005 for Moldova. Economic growth and income … redistribution policies promoted in the context of Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EGPRS) implementation contributed … to higher incomes and improved access of population to social services, which led to higher living standards and poverty …

accomplishments and shortcomings of the past year, focusing on outcomes rather than inputs. It points to evidence of continued poverty … presents an updated description of the dynamics of poverty and inequality in Moldova. …

The growth rate of agriculture in Cameroon was estimated at 3.3 percent in 2006, compared with 2.7 percent in 2005 …. This is owing to increased activity in the food agriculture sector (4.3 percent) and in forestry and logging (4.0 percent … agriculture, on the other hand, experienced a slowdown, on the one hand, with a growth rate of –2.3 percent in 2006 compared …

) during 2004 in Albania. The NSSED established a multiyear plan to combat poverty and strengthen governance. The main …

undeniable that remittances have poverty-alleviating and consumption-smoothing effects on recipient households, a key empirical …

In most developing countries, poverty is more widespread and severe in rural than in urban areas. The author reviews … some important aspects of rural poverty and draws key implications for public policy. He presents a policy framework for … reducing poverty, taking into account the functional differences and overlap between the rural poor. Several policy options are …

Growth is pro-poor if the poverty measure of interest falls. This implies three potential sources of pro-poor growth …: (a) a high rate of growth of average incomes; (b) a high sensitivity of poverty to growth in average incomes; and (c) a … poverty-reducing pattern of growth in relative incomes. I empirically decompose changes in poverty in a large sample of …

significantly reduce poverty and unemployment. Growth averaged 3 percent over the last decade. It has been volatile because of the … dependency of agriculture on rainfalls. In 2004, macroeconomic and financial conditions remained stable. The unfavorable …

This paper reviews Mongolia’s Economic Growth Support Poverty Reduction Strategy (EGSPRS) Implementation Progress ….4 percent increase in the agriculture sector, 0.8 percent in the industrial sector, and 3.4 percent in the service sector. The …