increased the incidence, intensity and severity of poverty in Nigeria. In addition we find that exposure to violent conflict …

The issue of land inequality has garnered renewed interest in development literature due to its potential impact on the … welfare of smallholder farmers. Poverty reduction is a crucial sustainable development goal, and a clearer understanding of … the factors contributing to poverty is essential for effective, targeted policy initiatives in Nigeria. Investigating the …

poverty will enhance well-being in China, policies that reduce rural-urban and gender inequalities are also likely to boost …

indicators, including social welfare, poverty, inequality, and mobility, and reviews some of its design shortcomings. The paper … widely used operational definition - the growth rate in the average income of the poorest 40 percent of a country …

the past three decades than those starting out richer, as initial poverty retards growth and makes it less effective in … initial poverty incidences decline over time. Our analysis also finds initial poverty as having little direct effect on growth … in LDCs, except in SSA where higher initial poverty is associated with faster growth. …

The innovative approach presented introduces a modified neoclassical growth model which includes a new bias of … technological progress in a quasi-endogenous growth model in which part of labor is used in the research & development sector. The … capital is positively influenced by the size of the R&D sector, sheds new light on innovation and growth as well as income …

Despite a rich literature studying the impact of inequality on policy outcomes, there has been limited effort to bring …

warming, on poverty and inequality, paying special attention to data sources as well as empirical methods. While studies … consistently find negative impacts of higher temperature on poverty across different geographical regions, with higher … vulnerability especially in poorer Sub-Saharan Africa, there is inclusive evidence on climate change impacts on inequality. Further …