"New research on urban air pollution casts doubt on the conventional view of the relationship between economic growth … and environmental quality. This view holds that pollution automatically increases until societies reach middle … show in this paper, the empirical relationship between pollution and income becomes much weaker when measures of governance …

"Prevailing measures of relative poverty put an implausibly high weight on relative deprivation, such that measured … poverty does not fall when all incomes grow at the same rate. This stems from the (implicit) assumption in past measures that … roles of certain private expenditures in poor settings and with data on national poverty lines. The authors propose a new …

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

of per capita income has important implications for the relative roles of income growth and inequality changes in poverty … reduction. When poverty reduction is the overriding policy objective, poorer and relatively equal countries may be willing to …

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

"The authors examine the empirical evidence in support of the poverty trap view of underdevelopment. They calibrate … simple aggregate growth models in which poverty traps can arise due to either low saving or low technology at low levels of … development. They then use these models to assess the empirical relevance of poverty traps and their consequences for policy. The …

authors assess the impact of policy shocks on poverty by using partial growth elasticities. They perform various policy … growth and poverty reduction in Niger. This paper--a product of Poverty Reduction and Economic Management 3, Africa Technical …

, their movement over time, and their impact on poverty in the case of Poland. Poland, a middle-income country, is of … 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 …