Vietnam is widely regarded as a success story for its impressive economic growth and poverty reduction in the last few …. Furthermore, this inequality gap is rising over time. Despite the country's fast poverty reduction, the poor were increasingly … segregated in certain provinces. We find beneficial impact of economic growth on poverty reduction, but this can depend on …

. In addition I briefly elaborate on the role of education, research, and training to enhance development capability and …This study is a review of the recent trends in development economics research. The focus is on the development in the … development in a number area where similar trends are observed. The areas studied include globalization, in-sourcing and …

Empirical evidence in the sparse literature on poverty convergence currently relies on cross-sectional analysis, where … Less Developed Countries (LDCs) starting out poorer are found to have enjoyed no faster subsequent poverty reduction during … the past three decades than those starting out richer, as initial poverty retards growth and makes it less effective in …

The literature on poverty convergence is sparse and much of the empirical evidence relies on Ravallion (2012) who found … a lack of poverty convergence across some ninety Less Developed Countries (LDCs) during 1977-2007. This paper revisits … cross-country poverty convergence using data from the same sources but an extended period, i.e. 1977-2014. We find that …

Women's rights and economic development are highly correlated. Today, the discrepancy between the legal rights of women … women had few rights before economic development took off. Is development the cause of expanding women's rights, or … conversely, do women's rights facilitate development? We argue that there is truth to both hypotheses. The literature on the …

effect of family size on children's education. We also find that the effect of family size is more evident in rural China …, where the public education system is poor. Given that our estimates of the effect of twinning on non-twins at least provide …

, with a focus on family structure and sexual behavior as shaped by the demographic shock following the transatlantic slave … polygyny with the demographic shock we can also establish that this link is causal. Next we turn to the channels through which … larger demographic shock men (but not women) display a more intense sexual activity, while women (but not men) are more …

, our analysis suggests that economic development can make societies more prone to religious revivals …

North Africa region used to measure monetary poverty and evaluates ways to fill these information gaps. Despite improving … of other second-best strategies can be employed. Using imputation methods can help to measure monetary poverty …. Constructing non-monetary poverty and asset indexes from less robust surveys, using non-traditional surveys such as phone surveys …

inequality relate to changes in consumption and poverty. In addition, we examine whether there has been convergence in inequality … and median consumption expenditure increased. At the same time, poverty incidence and severity increased precipitously … regions in consumption or poverty levels. We also find that durable goods expenditures are the biggest contributor to …