needed. -- biofuels ; economic development ; food security ; poverty ; Africa …

growth is analysed by exploring the interrelationship among growth, inequality, and poverty. The present growth spell appears … process. Two alternatives development strategies are described: pro-poor growth and pro-growth poverty reduction. The finding … that high initial poverty incidence acts as a deterrent to subsequent growth is confronted with micro evidence from rural …

Brazil's recent growth has been intensely pro-poor, and both poverty and inequality have declined significantly in the …

been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack …

. Nonetheless, poverty rates remain high and labour market activity is dominated by smallholder farming. We use recent household …

impacted negatively only on the unemployment rate and the share of paid employees, but both returned to their pre-crisis levels …

indicators that were not affected negatively by the economic crisis were labour earnings, the poverty indices, and household per …

During the 2000s Chile achieved rapid economic growth and improved most labour market indicators: the unemployment rate …, the percentage of registered workers, and labour earnings increased; and all poverty and inequality indicators decreased … indicators were negatively affected by the crisis. The unemployment rate was the only indicator that did not return to its pre …

. From 2001 to 2012, Brazil grew less than the Latin American average. However, the unemployment rate decreased, the … labour earnings went up. At the same time, poverty and inequality largely diminished. The international economic crisis had a …