The majority of the world's poor, by income poverty and multi-dimensional poverty, now live in countries officially … ending aid. In light of this, this paper considers two competing perspectives on this changing pattern of global poverty: the … mutually exclusive, is that global poverty is gradually in the process of 'nationalizing', at least in terms of resources …

's employment share declined, but most new jobs were in services. Concurrently, poverty incidence declined dramatically. Income …. Economic growth combined with structural change contributed to poverty reduction, but the magnitude of this impact depends … heavily on the poverty line used in calculating poverty. The Thai data support the Kuznets hypothesis of an inverted U …

its great success in poverty reduction, China has witnessed rapidly increasing income inequality which only began to …

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

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

growth, poverty, and human development indicators. We identify key weaknesses, including lack of structural transformation …

Nigeria has recorded impressive growth in the last decade, yet the impact of this growth on poverty reduction remains … unclear. This paper appraises spatial and temporal non-monetary multidimensional poverty in Nigeria using the first … is sensitive to indicator definitions, the overall results are robust and lend support to the view that poverty reduction …

This study appraises non-monetary multidimensional poverty in Nigeria using the novel first order dominance approach …/04 for state analysis. The results are quite robust and lend support to the general view that poverty in Nigeria has not kept …-using comparable datasets, the Nigeria Demographic and Health Surveys of 1999, 2003, and 2008 for national, regional, and zonal …

A cash transfer programme 'Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty' has been implemented with the aim of addressing … poverty and vulnerability in Ghana. This study looks at the impact of this conditional cash transfer programme on households …