This paper assesses the additional spending required to make substantial progress towards achieving the SDGs in … are derived using the IMF SDG costing methodology. We find that to achieve the SDGs in these sectors would require …

progress in SDGs by 2030. Benin and Rwanda are presented in detail through case studies. The main lessons are: i) average … sources given the scale of additional spending, and iv) strong national ownership of SDGs is key and should be reflected in …

-specific dimensions, indicators, weights and cut-offs. This paper analyses the 2013 round of the multidimensional poverty and inequality …Research into multidimensional poverty has gathered momentum in the last half decade, most notably in the aftermath of … policy instruments. Multidimensional poverty theories have been vigorously advocated by some of the most thoughtful and hard …

Is there a one-size-fits-all approach to inclusive growth? We look at four key case studies across advanced and … countries the key components of inclusive growth models, outcomes from these models, and the road ahead in the respective … role of social assistance and commodity boom in Brazil, and the inequality puzzle in Egypt. The paper finds that there is a …

winners and losers from global growth since 1990. We find that falls in total global inequality in the last 30 years are …What has happened to inequality between and within countries since 1990? In this paper we explore who have been the … national growth: pro-poor growth (e.g. Ethiopia); pro-middle growth (e.g. Brazil); anti-poor growth (e.g. Nigeria); anti …

Over the past decades ASEAN countries have experienced rapid economic growth accompanied by a dramatic fall in poverty … rates, but income inequality has not retreated. This research aims at identifying factors which could contribute to more … equally distributed growth in ASEAN. To measure inclusive growth, we use a variable integrating per capita income growth and …

particularly high growth rate of 3.3 per cent. It is one of the poorest countries in the world, ranked 187th in the 2014 United …