income. Hence effective education policies should be an essential component of any poverty-reduction strategy. …

trends in world income inequality, it examines first the ‘growth’ conduit through which globalization affects poverty …. Treating inequality as the explicit filter between growth and poverty reduction, the causal chain of openness-growth-inequality-poverty … is scrutinized, link by link. The paper then moves on to examine other channels in the globalization-poverty nexus that …

This study traces the interactions between economic growth, income inequality and consumption poverty in a sample of … that experiences have varied: some countries have seen sharp falls in income poverty; others have witnessed marked … conclusions. First, agricultural market liberalization has been conducive to reductions in rural poverty. Second, market …

This paper analyses regional data on inequality and poverty in Russia during 1994-2000 using published series from the … an internationally high level. Based on these two findings, the paper projects dynamics of inequality and poverty in … will become virtually free of poverty. Finally, the paper relates fluctuations in inequality within regions to a set of …

The objective of this paper is to review a number of issues related to poverty, while taking stock of the ongoing … research. Most of the remaining unresolved issues in poverty analysis are related directly or indirectly to the dynamics of … poverty. Before the development community can become more successful in designing and implementing poverty …

could be very significant in explaining regional variations in income and poverty. The major question this paper tries to …

poverty. This generally fails to find any systematic pattern of change in income distribution during recent decades. Neither … conflicts. Among the strategic elements that have contributed to reduced poverty are: an outward-oriented strategy of export … in reducing poverty. Growth can be substantial if the policy and institutional environment is right. …

focus on poverty reduction coming recently to the fore. It also examines the relationship between economic growth and … poverty reduction. The paper then discusses how to achieve economic growth, starting with the caveat that growth must be … difficulties that arise. It concludes that getting development policy right has the potential to lift millions out of poverty. …