"The authors aim to assess the possible impacts of the Doha Round of negotiations on poverty in Cameroon. During the … recent period of economic recovery, Cameroon enjoyed a sharp decline in poverty, with the headcount index falling from 53 …-reducing for Cameroon. For the whole country, the estimate of the net number of people who are lifted out of poverty is 22 …

Cameroon, and an additional platform for engagement, learning and change. Cameroon's overall poverty rate has not declined and … management of Cameroon and unleashing its enormous potential. The notes thereby offer another voice on economic issues in … has even increased in the poorest regions. Food security is also problematic in those regions. Yet, Cameroon has a number …

This report examines the impact of rural connectivity on poverty, access to basic services, and income in Armenia, a … country which has found itself in a low-growth, low-investment nexus, with stalled poverty reduction. This study attempts to … shed light on the linkages between transport and poverty in Armenia. The rest of the report is structured as follows …

, poverty is closely linked to underemployment and low wages. Yet labor markets have played a limited role in poverty reduction … in Mexico. Labor income accounted for just 22 percent of the decline in poverty in Mexico over the last decade compared … income poverty index2 continued to decline in Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru but increased in Mexico. The equivalent measure …

paper exploits this feature of the data for Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania. The analysis yields two …

While LAC continues its progress towards becoming a middle-class region, in 2013 poverty reduction was slower than in … financial crisis. Driving the lower gains in shared prosperity and poverty reduction is the region’s slowing economic growth … crucial role of labor earnings in poverty and inequality reduction, this report analyzes more deeply LAC’s labor markets and …