aversion. Illustrations based on data for Indonesia in the 1990s show a strong link between growth and poverty reduction in … that country. A decomposition of the observed poverty outcomes reveals the extent to which changes in inequality have … blunted the poverty impacts of both growth and contraction. Finally, the results also demonstrate that absolute and relative …

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

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 …

evaluation of the impact of a series of pro-growth policies on inequality and headcount poverty. He relies on a large … the policies under consideration on growth, inequality, and poverty. The author's findings indicate that regardless of … their impact on inequality, pro-growth policies lead to lower poverty levels in the long run. However, he also finds …

in terms of employment opportunities, labor market earnings, and access to tertiary education in Indonesia. With data … from a panel of two waves of the Indonesia Family Life Survey in 1997 and 2000, the paper tracks a cohort of high school … students in 1997 to examine their schooling and employment status in 2000. The findings demonstrate that: (1) attendance at …

"Indonesia experienced rapid growth and the expansion of the formal financial sector during the last quarter of the 20 … and 1998, macroeconomic stability has since then been restored, and poverty has been reduced to pre-crisis levels. Poverty … reduction remains nevertheless a critical challenge for Indonesia with over 110 million people (53 percent of the population …

Static and dynamic incidence analysis underscores the importance of Indonesia's public spending on primary health care …