contrast, there is little observed relationship between mental health and poverty or education, common measures of socio … impact on mental health than overall levels of poverty. This may have important implications for social protection policy …

The World Bank Group recently adopted two overarching goals -- the end of extreme, chronic poverty in the world by 2030 … closely related to the age-old debate on growth versus direct welfare interventions as instruments for countering poverty. The … paper analyzes past trends on poverty and tries to shed new light on this old debate …