"The authors examine the empirical evidence in support of the poverty trap view of underdevelopment. They calibrate … simple aggregate growth models in which poverty traps can arise due to either low saving or low technology at low levels of … development. They then use these models to assess the empirical relevance of poverty traps and their consequences for policy. The …

"This paper identifies and estimates the strength of the reduction in poverty linked to improved opportunities for … women in the expanding maquila sector. A simulation exercise shows that, at a given point in time, poverty in Honduras would … have been 1.5 percentage points higher had the maquila sector not existed. Of this increase in poverty, 0.35 percentage …

Poverty, environment, social development, and gender are important cross-cutting themes of the World Bank and … between gender, environment, and poverty and help identify approaches that can accelerate the positive synergy and better … social/gender, environment, and poverty outcomes; otherwise, the existing negative relationships may slow the development …

of chronic poverty, entrenched income inequality, and most troubling one of the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in the … in order to reduce poverty. In this report concludes that it is possible for Lesotho to reduce poverty and to continue …

rates and gender imbalances are key drivers of Mali's poverty dynamics. The present report compiles three different notes …, emphasizing the interrelation between poverty, demographics and gender imbalances. The first note discusses the evolution of … 2010. Mali's steady per capita GDP growth was accompanied with a significant decline in the poverty rate, from 55.6 percent …

Burkina Faso's Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS) of the 2000s, which were implemented as annually rolled-over Priority … has been through several exogenous shocks and crises likely to have affected the pattern of poverty outcomes. In the past …

Community-driven development (CDD) projects seek to empower communities, reduce poverty, and improve economic and … persistent gender gaps: (1) women's lack of voice in public decision making, and (2) their poor access to services and markets …