new trade policy. In assessing these findings, it should be borne in mind that the links between trade reform and poverty …

This paper examines the macroeconomic interaction between informality and gender inequality in the labor market. A … dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model is built to study the impact of gender-targeted policies on female labor force … participation, female formal employment, gender wage gap, as well as on aggregate economic outcomes. The model is estimated using …

This paper shows that during the 1990s, and before the 1998-2000 border war with Eritrea, the gender gap in education … in Eritrea has widened on the national level, and large regional disparities have persisted. The gender gap appears to be … linked to lower female teacher participation and limited employment opportunities. The widening of the gender gap is likely …

This paper assesses the effectiveness of foreign aid in reducing poverty through its impact on human development …

The coexistence of urban and rural poverty and migration to cities is studied in a dual economy model where the … and the distribution of wealth matter for the migration decision, and costs of backmigration may produce an urban poverty …

for, poverty consistently appears as the main worldwide determinant of NGO aid allocation. NGOs do not respond to …

spending. For poverty reduction, HIPC relief is important but broader international support is needed. The paper maintains that …

This article investigates how financial development helps to reduce poverty directly through the McKinnon conduit …