difficulties that arise. It concludes that getting development policy right has the potential to lift millions out of poverty. …This paper discusses development policy objectives, noting how these have changed over the years, with a more explicit … focus on poverty reduction coming recently to the fore. It also examines the relationship between economic growth and …

been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack …

alive, enterprises afloat, and households out of poverty. The pandemic has macroeconomic dimensions. First, it affects …

development - particularly in the developing world. Yet while a large national income can result from resource wealth, it can also … be associated with acute social inequality and deep poverty. Many countries struggle to diversify their economies, and … efforts to improve development and environmental outcomes in the extractive industries. …

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have lofty expectations regarding the impact of official development aid. Are … since the late 1990s conclude that aid increases economic growth. By implication, therefore, it can be inferred that poverty … then reviews volumes of and trends in official development assistance since 1960, highlighting flows to Sub-Saharan Africa …

-up in aid and other development finance flows is now necessary if poverty is to be substantially reduced by 2015. …Understanding the development effects of official aid is crucial to building a better bridge between research and … policy. This paper reviews the current evidence regarding the impact of aid on growth and poverty reduction, and develops a …