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 …

Distribution System (PDS) and the Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDM) - on poverty outcomes and on nutritional intake. This paper offers a … the significant impact of the PDS and MDM in terms of poverty reduction and calorie intake. While there are large … also contributed significantly to poverty reduction. Almost half of the poverty reduction in the distribution …

member economy's efficiency changes in health and education spending. We next turn to review service provision inequality …

This study examines the potential of remittances for promoting economic growth and reducing poverty in Asian countries … home country real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita growth. A 10% increase in remittances as a share of GDP leads to … a 0.9-1.2% increase in GDP growth. The findings also show that remittances only have a negligible effect on the overall …

housing sector may support poverty reduction and inclusive growth in two general ways. First, housing construction contributes … to economic growth) and is also helped by financial sector development. …

role in facilitating economic growth and poverty reduction, and these arguments are supported by overwhelming empirical … critically important for poverty reduction, it is also widely believed that microfinance and SME credit programs need to be well … better to reduce poverty. …