on i) a theoretical economic growth model with poverty traps, ii) a literature review of evidence that different human …

recent decades as a result of increased globalization of knowledge, technologies and economies. In particular I look at the … development in a number area where similar trends are observed. The areas studied include globalization, in-sourcing and … commercialization and transfer of technologies, and increased income inequality and concentration of severe poverty in certain regions …

reducing poverty. Applying a dynamic panel approach to four panel data sets including two covering some 90 LDCs from 1977 …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 …

responses using panel data for a set of OECD countries during the period 1975-2014. We find evidence that households do in fact …

In this paper an ex-post measurable definition of globalization has been used, namely increasing trade openness and FDI … other main findings of the paper are that: 1) the employment effect can be very diverse in different areas of the world … and absolute poverty alleviation, although some important counter-examples emerge …

poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient … into a middle income country (ADB, 2014). This has stimulated the need to understand causes of inequality and poverty for … poverty because they will substantially undermine the economic growth if left unchecked (ADB, 2014). The objective of this …

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 …

In this research, the relationship between globalisation and poverty and income inequality is determined. A whole new … analysis show that there is a significant relationship between globalisation and poverty and income inequality. Globalisation … leads to poverty reduction and it reduces income inequality. The relationship between globalisation and poverty remains …

traditional notion of income mobility as well as for mobility around extreme and moderate poverty lines. The estimates suggest … determinants of changes in poverty incidence within cohorts revealed statistically significant roles for age, gender and education … poverty …