An extensive literature on poverty traps suggests that high levels of poverty deter growth. However, a seemingly basic … implication of the underlying theoretical models, namely that countries suffering from higher levels of poverty should grow less … affect growth in opposing directions. Because inequality and poverty are different aspects of the income distribution …

This paper studies future poverty, inequality, and shared prosperity outcomes using a panel data set with 150 countries … over 1980-2014. The findings suggest that global extreme poverty will decrease in absolute and relative terms in the period … 2015-2030. However, absolute poverty is likely to increase by 2030 in resource-output oriented countries and economies with …

reduce poverty. This paper describes the main mechanisms through which demographic change may affect economic outcomes, and … estimates the association between changes in the share of working-age population with per capita growth, savings, and poverty … poverty reduction …

trends scenario. Finally, rebalancing reduces the prevalence of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa compared with the isolated … negative effects of China's slowdown, which slightly increase the incidence of poverty. Overall, China's slowdown and … poverty, but the extent of this varies by country …

Longstanding development issues are revisited in the light of a newly-constructed data set of poverty measures for … poverty measures since 1970, with an acceleration post-1991, despite rising inequality. Faster poverty decline came with … has ceased to matter, as all three sectors contributed to poverty reduction …

poverty reduction will depend on several factors. The outlook will likely be good if African countries can continue the gains … economy additionally by 22 percent by 2030 relative to the base case and reduce poverty by an additional 51 million people …

This paper examines the possibility of environmental "development traps," or "brown poverty traps," caused by … may be a key element for avoiding an environmental poverty trap and achieving higher, sustained income levels …