"This book examines the main factors behind observed poverty changes in eight countries - Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar …, Mauritania, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. After reviewing the trends in income poverty and other, more direct measures … growth and poverty, which lead to some groups gaining from episodes of economic growth and others being left behind. Growth …

Globalisation is already a powerful force for poverty reduction as societies and economies around the world are …, shifting power, and cultural uniformity. Globalization, Growth, and Poverty focuses on globalisation in terms of growing … primarily concerned with the effect that this growing integration has on economic growth and poverty reduction. It assesses the …

Collective values, behavioural norms and rules: building institutions for economic growth and poverty reduction / Ke …-young Chu -- Institutional capital and poverty: a transition perspective / Syed Ahsan -- Why is so little spent on educating the … and poverty / Jennifer Mbabazi, Oliver Morrissey and Chris Milner -- Convergence clubs in cross-country life expectancy …

learned and considers the implementation of the Bank's evolving policy framework for poverty reduction. It recommends better …

agencies for poverty reduction : remarks at the high-level forum on harmonization, Rome -- Scale up the global fight against … helps fight poverty -- Peace and development : closing remarks at the annual bank conference on development economics …, Massachusetts -- Scaling up the fight against poverty : opening remarks at the Shanghai conference on scaling up poverty reduction …

Deaton -- Assessing the impact of globalization on poverty and inequality : a new lens on an old puzzle Carol Graham … -- Poverty and the organization of political violence : a review and some conjectures Nicholas Sambanis -- Trade, inequality, and … poverty: what do we know? Pinelopi Goldberg and Nina Pavcnik / -- The impact of globalization on the poor Pranab Bardhan …