While the incidence of extreme poverty in China fell dramatically over 1980-2001, progress was uneven over time and … pattern of growth mattered. Rural economic growth was far more important to national poverty reduction than urban economic …). Rising inequality within the rural sector greatly slowed poverty reduction. Provinces starting with relatively high …

The Nepal Poverty Alleviation Fund is a World Bank supported community-driven development program. Its objective is to …

This paper explores the role of export costs in the process of poverty reduction in rural Africa. The authors claim … participation into export cropping and, thus, to higher poverty. They test the model using data from the Uganda National Household …

poverty reducing growth, it is critical to examine household asset portfolios and understand how assets interact with the … household's asset portfolio will determine whether growth and poverty reduction can be achieved and sustained over time. The …

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 …

In this paper, the authors seek to answer three questions about poverty and forests in Malawi: (1) What is the extent …

remittances on income, poverty, inequality, and human capital (or, in general, "welfare") as well as difficulties confronting …