by falling poverty and fairly stable, or even declining, income inequality. Subsequently, from about the mid-1970s … onwards, a cumulative process of non-farm diversification took hold, and was accompanied by further growth and poverty decline … growth in inequality and has played a particularly pronounced role in reducing poverty. …

This paper uses standard fiscal incidence analysis to study how much income redistribution and poverty reduction are … heterogeneity in the income inequality and poverty-reducing power of LAC fiscal systems. While all LAC fiscal systems reduce income … inequality, fiscal systems in nine LAC countries are poverty-increasing, and this startling characteristic has not improved over …

Inequality and poverty fell sharply in many Latin American countries during a decade in which voters in ten countries … econometric evidence that social democratic regimes in Brazil and Chile were more successful at reducing inequality and poverty … estimated by xed e ects). Conversely, inequality and poverty in Brazil and Chile fell to historic lows. Second, overall terms of …

evidence on relative mobility and poverty dynamics. We then describe evidence on economic mobility obtained via synthetic … classes by households over time: poverty is not inevitably a chronic condition. However, less clear are the factors driving … northern India over seven decades. We describe patterns of poverty dynamics and economic mobility in the village, and we …

multiple rounds of cross-sectional data to study poverty mobility at the cohort level, we develop a procedure that works with …

multiple rounds of cross-sectional data to study poverty mobility at the cohort level, we develop a procedure that works with …

poverty and inequality of Uganda's revenue collection instruments and social spending programs. Fiscal policy – including many … of spending in Uganda generally. The impact of fiscal policy on poverty is negligible, while the combination of very …

"Series of well-written articles examines regional poverty and income distribution. Includes separate articles on …