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

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 … post-transition economic growth and poverty reduction"--World Bank web site …

, thereby alleviating rural poverty-despite the decline in international terms of trade for developing countries that are net …