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 …

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 …

This paper aims to explore the determinants of household income and expenditure growth, and assess whether the poor are …

all the targets remains a daunting challenge, with goals for poverty, education and maternal mortality unlikely to be … macroeconomy and the MDGs. In this study, such assessment is done using an integrated macro-micro modeling approach, using the … 2025 and 2021, respectively. The goal for poverty will not be achieved even by 2025. The national debt follows a downward …

While economic growth is important for poverty reduction, the rather stellar performance of the Philippines in economic … growth has still not translated into reduction of poverty. This is in large part due to issues pertaining to distribution …. Inequalities in income, as well as inequities in labor and education, have provided barriers for everyone to participate in growth …

, and severity of poverty have all decreased in 2018. Poverty decomposition analysis shows that both economic growth and … and poverty severity is largely explained by income redistribution. On the other hand, while inequality measures indicate … address poverty and inequality in country in pursuit of eradicating all forms of poverty as targeted by the Sustainable …

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 …

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 …

There are few studies in the Philippines that analyze poverty dynamics; and studies that analyze the effects of weather … variability on food poverty dynamics are even fewer. Given that there are some sectors that are more adversely affected by the … changing weather patterns, a study analyzing the effects of weather variability on poverty is essential. Using a simple spells …