, inequality, and government spending on poverty reduction. A new panel dataset has been assembled on inequality and poverty that …

growth, income distribution, and poverty. In this paper, I review theoretical and empirical research on the connections …

This paper discusses the theory and practice of tax design to achieve an efficient and equitable outcome, id est in … support of inclusive growth. It starts with a discussion of the key principles from tax theory to guide practical tax design …

Is there a tradeoff between raising growth and reducing inequality and poverty? This paper reviews the theoretical and … empirical literature on the complex links between growth, inequality, and poverty, with causation going in both directions. The … evidence suggests that growth can be effective in reducing poverty, but its impact on inequality is ambiguous and depends on …

different generations. At present, youth and elderly are particularly vulnerable to poverty relative to adults in their middle …

Over the past decades ASEAN countries have experienced rapid economic growth accompanied by a dramatic fall in poverty …

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 …