economic growth was widely shared by the population and as a result poverty (measured by the national poverty line) declined … growth was shared among the less well off. This work presents a diagnostic of shared prosperity and poverty reduction in … Tajikistan during 2003-2009. The paper also focuses on quantifying the main drivers of poverty reduction, shared prosperity, and …

Weak economic statistics in Lebanon impede economic analysis and decision making. This paper presents a new coincident … the length of the gross domestic product time series in Lebanon, the accuracy of these indicators in tracking the business …

The World Bank Group recently adopted two overarching goals -- the end of extreme, chronic poverty in the world by 2030 … closely related to the age-old debate on growth versus direct welfare interventions as instruments for countering poverty. The … paper analyzes past trends on poverty and tries to shed new light on this old debate …

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

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 …

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 …

Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, faces huge traffic congestion, the cost of which is estimated to be more than 2 …

Republic of Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic, and Turkey -- to quantify the direct and indirect economic …

This paper attempts to identify Lebanon's greatest constraints to economic growth, following a growth diagnosis … imbalances and related perceived risks affect the nature of investment decisions in Lebanon, in favor of liquid instruments …