characteristics, and discusses policies that might help makegrowth more inclusive. The main findings are that poverty has fallen in … the last two decades,but poverty reduction has slowed in recent years. Although available indicators sometimesgive … more attention to the regional distribution of spending would also helpreduce poverty and improve inclusiveness …

Growth is pro-poor if the poverty measure of interest falls. This implies three potential sources of pro-poor growth …: (a) a high rate of growth of average incomes; (b) a high sensitivity of poverty to growth in average incomes; and (c) a … poverty-reducing pattern of growth in relative incomes. I empirically decompose changes in poverty in a large sample of …

Sustainable economic growth and Poverty alleviation is a principal objective of the developing countries. The present … resource drain for already limited revenues and is halting economic growth and poverty reduction efforts. …

is measured by the estimation of poverty, inequality and pro-poorness. The paper suggests that the upcoming ―Smart cities …

poverty indicators? To do this, the paper first examines various aspects of the fundamentals of growth in SSA - levels …