poorer households, implying a marked reduction in quot;realquot; inequality. This finding challenges the conventional wisdom …

characteristics, and discusses policies that might help makegrowth more inclusive. The main findings are that poverty has fallen in … the last two decades,but poverty reduction has slowed in recent years. Although available indicators sometimesgive … more attention to the regional distribution of spending would also helpreduce poverty and improve inclusiveness …

fluctuations, raising the incidence of poverty. Drawing on micro-level data from South Africa and Tanzania, we examine the … that reducing consumption volatility would have on aggregate poverty. We then discuss coverage of consumption insurance …

Growth is pro-poor if the poverty measure of interest falls. This implies three potential sources of pro-poor growth …: (a) a high rate of growth of average incomes; (b) a high sensitivity of poverty to growth in average incomes; and (c) a … poverty-reducing pattern of growth in relative incomes. I empirically decompose changes in poverty in a large sample of …

The paper presents estimates of poverty [extreme poverty PPP$1.9 and PPP$3.2] and consumption inequality in India for …-kind food subsides on poverty and inequality. Extreme poverty was as low as 0.8 percent in the pre-pandemic year 2019, and food … transfers were instrumental in ensuring that it remained at that low level in pandemic year 2020. Post-food subsidy inequality …

with an increase in poverty and, in some cases, income inequality. The provison of targeted safety nets and the protection …. These crises affect poverty and the distribution of income through a variety of channels: slowdowns in economic activity … incidence of poverty and income distribution, and discusses policy options that can be considered by governments in the …