the priority given to absolute poverty in poor countries. The pattern of externalities also suggests that there will be … too much poverty and inequality in this economy, even judged solely from the point of view of aggregate efficiency …

This paper quantifies the contributions to poverty reduction observed in Sri Lanka between 2002 and 2012/13. The …, labor, and non-labor incomes in explaining poverty reduction. The findings show that the most important contributor to … poverty reduction was growth in labor income, stemming from an increase in the returns to salaried nonfarm workers and higher …

The continued poverty impact of the financial crisis in Serbia is difficult to establish beyond 2010 because of the … pathway of the financial crisis in Serbia, the labor market. The results suggest a further increase in poverty in 2011 on … compared with realized poverty estimates. The micro-simulation model performs well in predicting poverty dynamics during 2009 …

in poverty? Using counterfactual simulations, this paper accounts for the contribution labor income has made to the … observed changes in poverty over the past decade for a set of 16 countries that have experienced substantial declines in … poverty. In contrast to methods that focus on aggregate summary statistics, the analysis generates entire counterfactual …

This paper addresses whether microcredit participants in Bangladesh are trapped in poverty and debt, as many critics …, invest in children's schooling, and be lifted out of poverty. This is not to say that non-participants have failed to … of poverty reduction have been higher for participants. Testing the net effect of microcredit programs requires applying …

This paper quantifies the contributions of different factors to poverty reduction observed in Bangladesh, Peru and …-labor sources in explaining poverty reduction. The authors find that the most important contributor was the growth in labor income … wages as the driving force behind poverty declines. Lower dependency ratios also helped to reduce poverty, particularly in …

Climate change is believed to represent a serious challenge to poverty reduction efforts around the globe. This paper … conducts an up-to-date review of three main strands of the literature analyzing the poverty impacts of climate change : (i … affect the path of poverty over the next decades; (ii) studies focusing on the poverty impacts of climate change in the …