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 …

survey (HBS) data show only a modest and statistically insignificant decline in poverty between 1992 and 2001. To assess the … likely trajectory of poverty rates over the course of the period, changes in poverty are simulated using unit-record HBS data … distributional changes observed between the two household surveys. The simulations suggest that following increases in poverty during …