experiences of Mozambique and Vietnam—two countries with similar levels and compositions of economic growth but divergent poverty … Vietnam. Inadequate education, trade and transport systems are found to be more severe structural constraints to poverty …While economic growth generally reduces income poverty, there are pronounced differences in the strength of this …

poverty, as opposed to growth alone. The contribution of a sector to poverty reduction is shown to depend on its own growth … evidence indicates that agriculture is significantly more effective than nonagriculture in reducing poverty among the poorest … of the poor (as reflected in the $1-day squared poverty gap). It is also up to 3.2 times better at reducing $1-day …

Measuring poverty remains a complex and contentious issue. This is particularly true in sub-Saharan Africa where … poverty rates are higher, information bases typically weaker, and the underlying determinants of welfare relatively volatile … poverty with focus on the period 2002/03 to 2008/09. The paper contributes in four areas. First, the period in question was …