Following the adoption by the international community of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) approach, which … poverty and social impact analysis (PSIA) of different policy reforms being considered by the low income countries. This paper … suggested framework could be utilized to investigate the poverty/income distributional implications of introducing a value …

The impact of higher petroleum prices on the aggregate price level, real growth, and income distribution is appraised …

This paper surveys the literature on the relationship between international trade and inclusive growth. It examines …

-wide integration and the associated growth spillovers are discussed. Actions policymakers in sub-Saharan Africa can take to capture the …This paper documents the steady increase in intraregional trade in sub-Saharan Africa since 1980, links this rise to … important growth spillovers in the region, and identifies the main source countries and those most vulnerable to the economic …

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 …

The objective of this paper is to present some early experiences of poverty and social impact analysis (PSIA) from the … step toward PSIA by making more explicit the links between poverty and policies. Various examples highlight that even … potential poverty effects even in countries with limited data, and therefore contribute to a more informed policy debate and …

Are improvements in growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) since the mid-1990s sustainable? What types of growth strategies … contribute the most to reducing poverty? This paper examines these questions in four stages. First, it explores the factors … contributing to the post- 1995 improvement in growth. Second, to shed some light on factors associated with substantial jumps in …