is still grappling to overcome interrelated challenges of poverty and sustainable development, so its priorities will be …" framework stresses the distinct challenges of achieving zero extreme poverty (Z), setting country-specific "Epsilon" benchmarks …

Poverty reduction in the Asia and the Pacific region in 2005–2008 had been quite significant. Despite the global crisis …, an estimated 150 million people exited extreme poverty by 2008 - from 903.4 million in 2005 to 753.5 million, bringing … the percentage of people living under the $1.25 per day poverty line to 21.9% from 27.1% in 2005. Poverty reduction was …

decentralization may contribute to poverty reduction outcomes, but does not provide evidence that fiscal decentralization is in and of … itself inherently pro-poor. Rather, the lesson from Viet Nam is that if poverty reduction is an explicit objective for … incentives. Since 2002, budgetary reallocation and income redistribution linked to poverty outcomes has been more strongly …

reducing poverty, with the aim of identifying its key problems. Since the government provides such public transfers mainly as …

's Democratic Republic, with the Gini coefficient rising from 0.311 to 0.364, even though absolute poverty incidence has halved. The … increase in inequality was statistically significant and reduced the average rate of poverty reduction per year by about 28 …

There is no international consensus on what poverty is and how it should be measured. The most commonly used poverty … indicator, income level, is limited as it ignores the multidimensional character of poverty. Because the choice of an indicator …, the choice of a poverty indicator is important. It sets priorities for policies and programs and determines outcomes of …

Slower growth and higher inflation can worsen poverty. By implication, maintaining macroeconomic stability is necessary … to reduce poverty. When a typical aggregate demand (AD) policy for stabilization is not effective, however, its impact on … poverty could be devastating as incomes of the poor typically decline with falling output. In this study, I argue that when …