Smart decisions about where to focus poverty alleviation projects depend on accurate projections of where the bulk of …, Peter Edward and Andy Sumner introduce new model of growth, inequality, and poverty that allows comparison of a wide range … of input assumptions. They find that it is plausible that $1.25 and $2 global poverty will reduce substantially by 2030 …

in rural areas, but it has not reduced poverty that much, not least because of how it is administered. Moreover, the …

The paper sets out two views of the facts about the effects of globalization on world poverty and inequality. The … bottom line: globalization is not the cause, but neither is it the solution to world poverty and inequality. The paper then …

, poverty and high inequality remain deeply entrenched. Integration into the global economy in the 1990s brought increased … paper the logic of going beyond the standard, poverty-targeted, elements of good social policy to a modern social contract …

Increasing integration has made the great challenge of reducing poverty and advancing human development more achievable … why good global economic governance matters for reducing poverty and inequality in the world, and then develop several …

growing poverty and inequality levels in Latin America—and circumstantial evidence supports the claim. But recent and rigorous … unemployment and in equality, and either reduces poverty or has no effect on it. Still, while privatization may be winning the …

Poverty and well-being are multidimensional. Nobody questions that deprivations and achievements go beyond income …. There is, however, sharp disagreement on whether the various dimensions of poverty and well-being can be aggregated into a … single, multidimensional index in a meaningful way. Is aggregating dimensions of poverty and well-being useful? Is it …

poverty risk. The government has recently commissioned several studies to prepare a systematic reform of the system. The …

. Using theSHG rural household survey data collected in 2003, we examine the poverty and vulnerability profiles of SHG and non … potential selection bias that may arise due to unobservable attributes. We empirically examine the current poverty and …