The goals of ending extreme poverty by 2030 and working toward a more equal distribution of income are prominent in … countries comprising 97 percent of the world's population, this paper simulates a set of scenarios for global poverty from 2018 … poverty and inequality goals. The paper uses different assumptions about growth incidence curves to model changes in …

, economic growth, and poverty alleviation. The study shows that there is no consensus among the existing studies, which are … relationship. This is also true between physical infrastructure and income inequality, as reported by a few studies. This study …

findings show rising income levels and decreasing inequality, with the latter being mostly caused by pro-poor growth rather … significantly associated with reduced downward mobility and increased income growth. However, a similar transition from the private … sector to the public sector is negatively associated with income growth …

income tax is found to be largely progressive, with the top quintile paying more than four-fifths of this tax. Uruguay …'s fiscal policies also lead to a reduction in poverty, mainly due to well-targeted direct transfers …

This paper exploits a novel municipal-level data set to explore patterns of convergence in income and poverty in Mexico … evidence of income and poverty convergence at the municipal level. The findings suggest that these convergence processes stem … during 1992-2014. The paper finds that, despite a context of overall stagnant economic growth and poverty reduction, there is …

"Does child labor decrease as household income rises? This question has important implications for the design of policy … a small increase in household income on child labor should be concentrated among children most vulnerable to … and in groups most likely to leave school and start work. Additional income is associated with a decline in paid work that …

This study assesses the redistributive effects of fiscal policy in Mali and Niger. Fiscal policy is poverty increasing … three deciles, respectively). Although existing direct fiscal transfers have poverty-reducing effects, they are too small …