poverty reduction. The findings suggest that population dynamics do not appear to be a major driver of changes in growth of … per capita incomes, poverty, or inequality. At the macro level this can be seen at the off-setting effects of population … household size on poverty and inequality appears to have fallen in recent years, particularly in rural areas. Thus demographic …

role. We also find four types of poverty traps, associated with large initial household size, poor initial education, poor …

The paper examines the link between population and per capita economic growth, and poverty, using the interesting case … study of Uganda. Although Uganda has recently experienced excellent economic growth and poverty reduction, it currently has … impact of population growth on per capita economic growth and poverty. We find both theoretical considerations and strong …

We investigate the accuracy of ex ante assessments of vulnerability to income poverty using cross-sectional data and … vulnerability predictions is limited even when panel data are used. In part this low accuracy is due to low poverty incidence and … high mobility in and out of poverty. …

.e. percentage point) changes in FGT poverty measures assuming a log-normal income distribution, which we argue to be a conceptually … superior and more policy-relevant measure than the much used regular growth elasticity of poverty reduction. We also test the … empirical relationship of these semi-elasticities of growth and distributional change on poverty and find them to explain actual …

members pulls many households supporting them into poverty. We also show that the household formation responses draw some …