authors assess the impact of policy shocks on poverty by using partial growth elasticities. They perform various policy … growth and poverty reduction in Niger. …

for half of economic growth. Finally, institutions can affect poverty and equity, although the effects seem generally …

the 1990s. They draw on the findings of a series of studies on poverty dynamics that use the better data sets now … available. The authors begin by taking a broad view of poverty, tracing changes in both income poverty and in other more direct … measures of individual welfare. Experiences have been varied: several countries have seen a sharp decline in poverty, while …