reducing poverty and stimulating growth. Going beyond the large literature documenting the impact of female education on a … credit) and women's decision-making power within households on poverty reduction and productivity at the individual and … household level. The paper also summarizes evidence from studies examining the relationship between gender equality and poverty …

services, is a key challenge in the fight against poverty. Many of the poor (and particularly the extreme poor) in rural …, whenever possible, provides evidence of the effects of these determinants on competitiveness, growth, and poverty in Latin … (growth), micro (productivity at the firm level), and poverty (the earnings of poor/rural people). In addition, the paper …

largely accounted for by the technology trap responsible for the poverty trap. This result is supported by empirical evidence …