Inclusive growth, narrowly defined in this paper as growth that helps reduce inequality, is achieved if consumption of …-percentile consumption diagnostics that could inform redistribution policies. The proposed framework is illustrated in application to Iraq …

The paper examines Senegal's growth performance from the perspective of its povertyreducingand distributional … 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 …

outcomes. It finds that while poverty has fallen across the region over the last two decades, inequality has increased …, dampening the impact of growth on poverty reduction. As a result, relative to other emerging and developing regions and to Asia …This paper assesses how pro-poor and inclusive Asia's recent growth has been, and what factors have been driving these …

Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have shown strong signs of growth resilience in … the aftermath of the recent global crisis. Yet, this paper finds evidence that growth has more than proportionately … benefited the top quintile during PRSP implementation. It finds that PRSP implementation has neither reduced poverty headcount …

This paper examines the empirical relationship between inequality and growth, and analyzes the impacts of growth …, inequality, and government spending on poverty reduction. A new panel dataset has been assembled on inequality and poverty that … challenge the belief that income inequality has a negative effect on growth and confirm the validity of the Kuznets curve …

poverty and inequality in India during the pandemic. We have three main findings. First, India has made significant progress … have temporarily increased poverty and inequality. Second, education and employment status seem to be the main factors … in reducing poverty in recent decades, but the economic downturn associated with the COVID-19 pandemic is estimated to …

about the future, and attitudes about redistribution. We find that women, non-college educated, the unemployed, and those in …

income inequality and poverty, except financial liberalization, which tends to exacerbate them. Also, banking sector … fully support the reduction of poverty and income equality …

We investigate the factors driving Bolivia's success in reducing inequality and poverty during the last 15 years. Our … the poverty and inequality reduction of the last 15 years … evidence suggests that the reduction was driven mainly by labor income growth at the bottom end of the income distribution …

This paper considers various dimensions and sources of gender inequality and presents policies and best practices to … address these. With women accounting for fifty percent of the global population, inclusive growth can only be achieved if it …