consequences of these developments on children, few studies have systematically analyzed the poverty situation among the elderly … (relative to other groups) in low income countries Africa, and the role of social pensions. This study aims to fill this gap. …

Poverty affects a large proportion of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa and, far from decreasing, the proportion and … numbers of poor people in Sub-Saharan Africa have actually increased over the last ten years. Policies to reduce poverty in … Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and elsewhere are defying conventional wisdom. Single-focus solutions have proved ineffective …

ECONOMIC GROWTH AND POVERTY REDUCTION: INITIAL CONDITIONS MATTER …The focus of this paper is on analytical examination of how the relation between growth and poverty can change with the … initial levels of economic development and inequality. Using the idea of poverty elasticity, measuring the extent to which …

This Country Study provides an outline of a Strategy for Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Uzbekistan. It … productive employment. The study favours supplementing such measures, which promote growth and employment, with more poverty …

performance of the 1980s. In particular, poverty and inequality indicators have improved dramatically, especially since the late …