that foster deep and persistent poverty, such as lack of connectivity to markets, have provided a degree of protection for …

movement over time, and their impact on poverty in the case of Poland. Poland, a middle-income country, is of particular … the past few years to reduce poverty while still experiencing positive economic growth. The authors show that in Poland …, poverty-reducing growth depends heavily on the ability of the economy to generate jobs. During the early years of transition …

explores the impact of this structural change in the rate of poverty reduction and concludes that it is far from negligible. …

The authors examine the empirical evidence in support of the poverty trap view of underdevelopment. They calibrate … simple aggregate growth models in which poverty traps can arise due to either low saving or low technology at low levels of … development. They then use these models to assess the empirical relevance of poverty traps and their consequences for policy. The …

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

the literature and contributes by: Showing that financial depth is negatively associated with headcount poverty, even …

Growth is pro-poor if the poverty measure of interest falls. According to this definition there are three potential … sources of pro-poor growth: (1) a high rate of growth of average incomes; (2) a high sensitivity of poverty to growth in … average incomes; and (3) a poverty-reducing pattern of growth in relative incomes. The author empirically decomposes changes …

processes in the coming decades. Due to their initial poverty, and their relatively high dependence on environmental capital for …. Economic growth is essential for any large-scale poverty reduction. Green growth, a growth process that is sensitive to … and poverty reduction terms, with additional gains for the cause of greening the planet and avoiding further disastrous …