. These crises affect poverty and the distribution of income through a variety of channels: slowdowns in economic activity … incidence of poverty and income distribution, and discusses policy options that can be considered by governments in the … with an increase in poverty and, in some cases, income inequality. The provison of targeted safety nets and the protection …

This study confirms a strong and robust relationship between economic growth and poverty reduction in sub … institutional freedom, and island economies are important control variables that help explain the variability of poverty across …

This paper describes the nature and evolution of poverty in Nigeria between 1985 and 1992. It highlights the potential … and welfare. The headcount measure of poverty in Nigeria declined from 43 percent to 34 percent between 1985 and 1992 …. Decomposing the factors causing the reduction in poverty shows that the overall decline of 9 percentage point was the net result …

-i-Martin, 2006, QJE). Using Monte Carlo simulations and household surveys, we find that the technique gives rise to biases in poverty …We analyze the performance of kernel density methods applied to grouped data to estimate poverty (as applied in Sala … estimates, the sign and magnitude of which vary with the bandwidth, the kernel, the number of datapoints, and across poverty …

The objective of this paper is to present some early experiences of poverty and social impact analysis (PSIA) from the … step toward PSIA by making more explicit the links between poverty and policies. Various examples highlight that even … potential poverty effects even in countries with limited data, and therefore contribute to a more informed policy debate and …

This paper aims to inform on the status of Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) in IMF-supported programs …

countries, increasing commitment to poverty reduction amongst government and donors and encouraging broader participation in the …

This paper provides a brief and selective overview of research on the links between macroeconomic policies and poverty …

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 …