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

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 …

poverty in terms of consumption (or income) is the overriding issue in poor countries, and (2) the only thing that really … matters to reducing absolute income poverty is the rate of economic growth. The author takes (1) as given but questions (2 …, influences the extent of poverty today and the prospects for rapid poverty reduction in the future …

by disproportionately boosting the income of the poor and therefore reduces poverty. This result is robust to controlling …

poverty. This paper documents five trends in the modern era of globalization, starting around 1980. Trend #1: Poor country … poverty reduction are strongest in the developing countries in which there has been the most rapid integration with the global …

indirect subsidies on poverty and inequality in the West Bank and Gaza. The results indicate that the combination of taxes and … transfers modelled in the West Bank and Gaza reduces inequality by 6.5 Gini points but increases the national poverty headcount … by 8.4 percentage points. These fiscal policy outcomes on poverty and inequality reduction are below average in terms of …

, this paper reviews the evidence on levels and recent trends in global poverty and income inequality. It documents the … negative correlations between both poverty and inequality indices, on the one hand, and mean income per capita on the other. It … points to the dominant role of Asia in accounting for the bulk of the world's poverty reduction since 1981. The evolution of …

about their impact on poverty and inequality. Using a large cross-country panel dataset, the authors find that remittances … in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries have increased growth and reduced inequality and poverty. These results … and poverty-reducing effects, even after imputations for the potential home earnings of migrants. …