substantial progress along the SDGs by 2030. We estimate the additional spending needed in critical areas of human capital (health …

This paper surveys the literature on the relationship between international trade and inclusive growth. It examines … claims that the rise in inequality in many countries can be attributed to the concurrent rise in trade competition …

different generations. At present, youth and elderly are particularly vulnerable to poverty relative to adults in their middle …

This paper presents axiomatic arguments to make the case for distribution-sensitive multidimensional poverty measures … unambiguously poverty-increasing and they are also invariant to changes in the distribution of a given set of deprivations amongst … axiomatic justification for distribution-sensitive multidimensional poverty measures. Given the nonlinear structure of these …

swamps remittances, this paper finds that remittances, which are a stable, private transfer, have a direct poverty mitigating … remittances, poverty and financial development. The paper posits that formalizing such flows can serve as an effective access …

impacts of the growth process. Cognizant of the vulnerability of its large population below poverty, India''s authorities have …While many have celebrated India''s accelerating economic growth, some have expressed concern about the distributional … made faster and more inclusive economic growth the primary goal of their development strategy. This paper aims to document …

Manufacturing has traditionally been regarded in the development literature as having special growth-pulling or growth … been growing. This study focuses on the Hirschmanian channels through which sectoral growth can lead or support aggregate … economic growth, using input-output tables to investigate intersectoral linkages in the South African economy. Manufacturing is …