This paper proposes a new quality of growth index (QGI) for developing countries. The index encompasses both the …

This paper provides a brief and selective overview of research on the links between macroeconomic policies and poverty … reduction. Using the Human Development Index as a measure of well-being, the progress made by 100 countries during 1975–98 is …

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

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

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 …

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

alleviation objective into the financial programming framework using a well-known poverty index. In consequence, the assessment of …Poverty alleviation is typically addressed in financial programming through additive programs that target vulnerable … groups but without modifying the underlying stabilization and adjustment targets. Instead, this paper integrates the poverty …