Democracy) were added to the 1-2-3 surveys carried out in 2001, 2002 or 2003 in major cities in eight countries (Benin, Burkina …

Since 2004, the Government of Senegal has adopted an accelerated growth program in the aim o reducing poverty by half … that policies are too much oriented toward sectors that generate few jobs and revenues to poor people. Then, this growth …

Since the 1994 devaluation, growth has been quite strong in Mali (about 5% p.a. on average), but much weaker in terms … of GDP per person (about 2.6% p.a.) due to a very high index of fecundity. Growth is still very unstable, due to a large … after the devaluation, poverty incidence plummeted slightly. Extreme poverty decreased, and growth has been pro-poor to some …

This paper is dedicated to a theoretical and empirical survey of the relationship between trade, growth, poverty and … inequality in developing countries. This relationship has been widely discussed by economists during the last few years. The … empirical studies on the impact of openness (as measured by the protection rate) on growth are not robust. Some studies have …

This paper investigates the impact of complementarity reforms on growth and how it depends on GDP per capita. Based on … complementarity on GDP per capita growth. We found reforms to be positively related and their dispersion (or the inverse of … complementarity) negatively related to growth, controlling for initial conditions, monetary stability and other structural and …

France. The multi-decomposition of an inequality measure allows us to put into perspective the role of social spending and …. However, we question the extent to which this multidimensional inequality indicator is a relevant tool for the study of … intergenerational inequalities. Does the multidimensional inequality indicator allow to deliver conclusions regarding retirement …

The aim of this article is to analyse in depth the interactions of growth and poverty in Syria, which undertook reforms … to reduce the government's involvement in the economy. During the 1996–2004 period, growth was pro-poor in ‘weak absolute …’ terms but not in either relative or ‘strong absolute’ terms, owing to the increase in inequality. This can be explained …