poverty with respect to changes in the mean of the distribution of income, thus analytically linking the poverty measures to … key macroeconomic aggregates. Numerous insights are found in Kakwani's elasticities. However, the literature on poverty … and growth since then has revealed that the impacts of economic growth on poverty, as observed in practice, can be …

and sluggish wages lie at the root of high inequality and poverty. This paper looks at changes in hourly earnings from the … address the link between labour markets and the dynamics of inequality and poverty by comparing the average performance of the …

economic outcomes such as income growth, poverty and inequality indicators. Our analysis is based on microsimulations for eight … poverty and inequality. …

development disproportionately raises the incomes of the poor and alleviates poverty. Using a broad cross-country sample, we … and poverty alleviation. We find that financial development reduces income inequality by disproportionately boosting the … poverty and income inequality. These results are robust to controlling for other country characteristics and potential reverse …

This paper examines the substantive pros and cons of the multidimensional poverty index (MPI) recently developed by … Oxford University's Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI). It provides comparative cross-country and country …-specific discussion on multidimensional poverty and inequality in the non-income space, with a special reference to the countries in the …

Research into multidimensional poverty has gathered momentum in the last half decade, most notably in the aftermath of … policy instruments. Multidimensional poverty theories have been vigorously advocated by some of the most thoughtful and hard …-working economists. The Alkire-Foster Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) measures overlapping multiple deprivations that people face …