not yield any consistent significant impact on welfare or poverty. The author concludes that the growth in population …

growth of the bottom 40 percent of the income distribution (the bottom 40). However, little is known about within … related methodology to assess the within-country aid allocations of donors by correlating the distribution of funding within …

Aid is good for the poor. This paper uses detailed aid data spanning 60 developing countries over the past two decades … to show that social aid significantly and directly benefits the poorest in society, while economic aid increases the … income of the poor through growth. This new and unequivocal finding distinguishes the current study from past studies that …

how these tools can be used to guide budget allocations or the allocation of aid. The authors call this concept the income … application, this methodology can provide an equitable tool to rank countries or regions when it comes to budget or aid … aid from rich to poor countries (North-South transfers). The findings indicate that the allocation of social funds in the …

growth, especially for the poorest income quintiles. This situation raises the question of policy prioritization, which is … many studies have investigated the determinants of growth of gross domestic product, less is known about the factors … stability as well as investing in human and physical capital would not only be associated with faster overall economic growth …

especially in populous countries, counteracted by catch-up growth in average incomes, particularly in China. Interpersonal …

scenarios: one in which each country experiences a rate of growth of human capital investment that is typical of what was …

higher growth and a more pro-poor pattern of growth. Post-1991 data suggest stronger inter-sectoral linkages: urban … consumption growth brought gains to the rural as well as the urban poor, and the primary-secondary-tertiary composition of growth …

its population. The opportunity of African countries to convert these changes into demographic dividends for growth and … account for 11 to 15 percent of gross domestic product volume growth by 2030, while accounting for 40 to 60 million fewer poor …

. The authors examine various policy scenarios, including expanding coverage of health services, water and sanitation, and …