greatly reduce national poverty over the short-term. In this regard, agricultural growth is more effective, albeit with slower …-fundamentalist" approach to African development, but the short-term imperative of reducing poverty necessitates further agricultural investment …. -- urbanization ; rural development ; growth ; poverty ; CGE model ; Africa …

of the population below the poverty line. Socio-economic impacts are much larger during major drought years, thus … ; weather variability ; economic growth ; poverty ; Zambia …

economy of the region and also looks ahead to identify the major challenges that remain - focusing on Bangladesh, Pakistan …

developing countries and highlights the role of microsimulation techniques to characterize how different African countries can … learn from each other to improve social protection and reduce inequality. …

This paper analyses the effectiveness of tax-benefit systems in reducing poverty and inequality across 13 countries in … to poverty and inequality. Additionally, we assess gender disparities in outcomes, quantify the distributional effects of … the Global South. Using national survey data and tax-benefit microsimulation models from the SOUTHMOD project, we provide …

Establishing an equitable and efficient tax system is essential for reducing poverty, combating inequality, and …-benefit microsimulation model for Rwanda. Specifically, we compare the reform to a business-as-usual scenario with the previous income tax …

-party majoritarian government is better at reducing the gap in terms of poverty and school drop-out rates, improves the employment … government is able to reduce the gap in relation to institutional delivery, inequality, and land holding. …

This paper assesses the effects on poverty and inequality of the alternative targeting approaches that Zambia's Social … government introduced support based on giving actual cash through social cash transfers aimed at reducing poverty and … of social cash transfers, nationwide extreme poverty would be 1.6 percentage points higher than otherwise. The results …