growth as it “opens up” is contingent upon its own peculiarities …

This paper investigates the linkages between trade policy openness and economic growth for Pakistan for the period 1973 … to 2008. The paper tests the hypothesis that trade policy does not affect economic growth directly rather it affects … through some growth determining economic variables, which then effect economic growth. For this purpose a simultaneous system …

on economic growth is affected by wealth inequality. The results suggest (a) that opening to trade tends to accelerate … growth but (b) that the addition to growth depends inversely on the level of wealth inequality prior to opening. These … findings confirm the general importance for rapid growth in developing countries of reducing inequalities of opportunity. …

’s main goal is poverty reduction, not economic growth. In this paper, aid’s impact on poverty, growth, and inequality are …, are used. The main finding is that economic growth reduces poverty, but also aid, although less than growth, and not under …Recent studies and approaches to foreign aid effectiveness have concentrated on its impact on economic growth. But aid …

benefit from rapid economic growth, but concerns have been expressed about a potential increase in inequality. Two household … poverty over time, but this was mainly due to the adoption of a relative measure of poverty and to comparability issues … between the surveys. The task of assessing the trends in poverty and inequality was also made more difficult because the unit …

Conflicts and political instability have been serious constraints to growth in Guinea-Bissau. Of special concern was …, one in three persons living in poverty today might not be poor had it not been for the conflict. …

based and nutrition-based measure of poverty. The dynamic model exhibits the possibility of a higher rate of accumulation … coupled with an inadequate nutritional intake, relative to a situation where there is no such concern for status. Thus, growth … with malnutrition may also imply a conflict between different measures of poverty. Both the models point toward a direct …