Poverty reduction has become the central goal of development policies over the last decade but there is a growing … realization that the poorest people rarely benefit from poverty reduction programmes. Microfinance programmes can help poor people … characteristics of extreme poverty? how can we target the very poor? how can we ensure that women are not excluded? Through a set of …

growth, poverty, and human development indicators. We identify key weaknesses, including lack of structural transformation … and the slow rate of employment growth. We refer to global shocks that have played a critical role in sub-Saharan Africa …

policy. This paper reviews the current evidence regarding the impact of aid on growth and poverty reduction, and develops a … concludes that aid broadly works, that poverty would be higher in the absence of aid, and that the shortfall in aid during the …-up in aid and other development finance flows is now necessary if poverty is to be substantially reduced by 2015 …

policy. This paper reviews the current evidence regarding the impact of aid on growth and poverty reduction, and develops a …-WIDER) study for the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. The paper concludes that aid broadly works, that poverty would be higher … necessary if poverty is to be substantially reduced by 2015 …

since the late 1990s conclude that aid increases economic growth. By implication, therefore, it can be inferred that poverty … these expectations valid? This paper surveys the literature on aid and growth. It finds that practically all aid studies …. A downturn in volumes in the 1990s is demonstrated. It asserts that poverty is higher and the MDGs are hard to achieve …

since the late 1990s conclude that aid increases economic growth. By implication, therefore, it can be inferred that poverty … these expectations valid? This paper surveys the literature on aid and growth. It finds that practically all aid studies …. A downturn in volumes in the 1990s is demonstrated. It asserts that poverty is higher and the MDGs are hard to achieve …

alive, enterprises afloat, and households out of poverty. The pandemic has macroeconomic dimensions. First, it affects … macroeconomic stability and growth. Second, the tools of macroeconomic policy-fiscal and monetary policy together with debt … concludes that the pandemic could reinforce the existing trend towards higher social inequality. …