The author analyzes the stability of the empirical relationship between growth and changes in inequality over time. He … concludes that while during the 1970s and 1980s the growth process was not accompanied by increases in inequality, during the … explores the impact of this structural change in the rate of poverty reduction and concludes that it is far from negligible …

inequality. First, subsidies exert a positive, yet modest effect on poverty and inequality, whereas direct transfers are … policy in Chile in 2013. Four results are indicative of an overall positive net effect of fiscal interventions on poverty and … progressive, equalizing, and reduce the poverty headcount by 4 to 5 percentage points, depending on the poverty line used. Second …

partially compensate many losers from the crisis, and reduced extreme poverty …

indicator, differences in inequality between countries are not statistically significant; 6) even if attention is restricted to … the cross-country differences in inequality that are statistically significant, interesting conclusions emerge, Egypt, and … stunting than Egypt, and higher poor-non-poor inequality. But many countries do well on one count, and badly on the other …

As global extreme poverty has fallen -- by one measure, from close to 2 billion people in 1990 to about 700 million … extreme poverty. In the 1960s and 1970s, when close to half of the world was living in extreme poverty, the approach that … investing in education, health, and family planning. When extreme poverty rates came down?first in East Asia and then in other …