The paper presents a major overhaul to the World Bank's past estimates of global poverty, incorporating new and better … data. Extreme poverty-as judged by what "poverty" means in the world's poorest countries-is found to be more pervasive than … we thought. Yet the data also provide robust evidence of continually declining poverty incidence and depth since the …

poverty reduction. The authors use a sample of 104 short-run growth spells in developing countries, between 1980 and 2001 … of growth does not matter for poverty reduction any more than the aggregate productivity intensity of growth, the … is associated with decreases in poverty, while employment-intensive growth in agriculture is correlated with poverty …

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 …

This paper reports on the findings from a major international research project investigating the poverty impacts of a … poverty impacts of these DDA scenarios. The focus countries include Bangladesh, Brazil (two studies), Cameroon, China (two … poverty link. It does, however, limit the ability to draw broader conclusions. Thus an additional study provides a 15-country …

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

middle (the rural nonfarm economy and secondary towns) yields more inclusive growth patterns and faster poverty reduction … for faster poverty reduction. …

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 …

Against what standards should we judge the developing world's overall performance against poverty going forward? The …. The first measure is absolute consumption poverty, as judged by what "poverty" means in the poorest countries. The second … is a new measure of global poverty combining absolute poverty with country-specific social inclusion needs, consistently …

key microfinance approaches in India, taking a close look at the most dominant among these, the Self Help Group (SHG) Bank …: India's rural poor currently have very little access to finance from formal sources. Microfinance approaches have tried to … microfinance approaches to coexist. Private sector microfinanciers need to acquire greater professionalism, and the government can …

?" that microcredit for women had significant, favorable effects on poverty reduction. In this paper the authors show that …