This report shows that after a decade of moderate growth but little or no long term change in rural poverty in Pakistan … and poverty reduction. Nonetheless, Pakistan has made important strides in the last several years to promote rural growth … and poverty reduction. The study concludes that a comprehensive rural growth and poverty reduction strategy is needed …

foreign direct investment. Controlling for regressors commonly used in the growth literature, they find that measures of … economies. These findings suggest services policies should be considered more generally in empirical analyses of economic growth …

domestic product (GDP) growth since the mid-1960s (5 percent a year), low inflation and the demographic transition, faster than … in neighboring countries. In 1996-2007, economic growth has exhibited greater resilience to moderate exogenous shocks … thanks to pro-active debt management. The resulting decline in the debt service since 2005 combined with steady GDP growth …

This study on a world integration for Tunisia attempts to contribute to the achievement of the growth of the 11th … further improve the positioning of a competitive Tunisia and realize the potential growth in services. The report contains …

accelerate trade integration and growth, and to reduce poverty. Each part of the report focuses on a key question and provides an … the Caribbean. Part III assesses the impact of the recently-negotiated Economic Partnership Agreement on growth and … poverty reduction using two types of macroeconomic models. The report concludes with policy priorities for accelerating …

relative poverty becomes less responsive to further growth. Slower progress against relative poverty can thus be seen as the …"Prevailing measures of relative poverty put an implausibly high weight on relative deprivation, such that measured … poverty does not fall when all incomes grow at the same rate. This stems from the (implicit) assumption in past measures that …