effectiveness of growth in reducing poverty; whereas an adverse direct effect of initial poverty on growth - which is recognized as …The literature on poverty convergence is sparse and much of the empirical evidence relies on Ravallion (2012) who found … a lack of poverty convergence across some ninety Less Developed Countries (LDCs) during 1977-2007. This paper revisits …

poverty because they will substantially undermine the economic growth if left unchecked (ADB, 2014). The objective of this … poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient … growth. Developed countries have experienced the critical challenges and trade-off between their generous welfares provisions …

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. …

Vietnam is widely regarded as a success story for its impressive economic growth and poverty reduction in the last few … segregated in certain provinces. We find beneficial impact of economic growth on poverty reduction, but this can depend on … inequality levels. We also find greater inequality to have negative impact on economic growth and poverty reduction. Our results …

Ghana has managed to consistently keep its poverty rate lower than the regional average over the past 25 years, but … this positive trend slowed down recently. We investigate the dynamics of overall, moderate, and extreme poverty in Ghana …-sectional data. While we find considerable conditional chronic (extreme) poverty rates hovering around 50-60 percent, there is more …

, eliminating poverty by 2030 is out of the region's reach. Even under our 'best case' scenario of accelerated growth and … goal of ending extreme poverty remains paramount. Globally, the World Bank set goals to end extreme poverty by 2030 and to …'s poorest but rapidly rising region. We find that under plausible assumptions on consumption growth and redistribution …

growth in per capita GDP. More importantly, global poverty tends to respond much more strongly to shifts in sector of …Growth has been high and widespread in the last decade in Africa. Whether this shift in Africa's fortune has impacted … poverty has been a subject of controversy. This paper brings into focus recent evidence on the pace of poverty reduction in …

This paper investigates the effect of firm-level investment on the levels of income inequality and poverty. Using a …-level investment is also negatively related to several measures of poverty. Overall, our results indicate that firm-level capital … reducing inequality and poverty. Our results may also be beneficial to policy makers as they consider a variety of regulatory …