Showing 1 - 10 of 15
Growth that reduces poverty is often considered pro-poor regardless of whether the poor benefit from it more than the … non-poor. Such growth could simply be termed poverty-reducing growth. This paper argues that for growth to be pro-poor it … proposed based exclusively on the redistributional component of poverty-gap changes obtained through an exact decomposition. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008661202
The goals of ending extreme poverty by 2030 and working toward a more equal distribution of income are prominent in … countries comprising 97 percent of the world's population, this paper simulates a set of scenarios for global poverty from 2018 … poverty and inequality goals. The paper uses different assumptions about growth incidence curves to model changes in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051829
indicators, including social welfare, poverty, inequality, and mobility, and reviews some of its design shortcomings. The paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011871444
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012314779
In 2013, the World Bank adopted two goals: First, reduce global extreme poverty to 3 percent by 2030. Second, promote … simulates the global poverty headcount under three growth scenarios for the bottom 40 percent up to 2030. The analysis deploys a … percentage points faster than the mean, the World Bank' poverty goal is achieved with the global poverty falling to below 3 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011396387
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010457668
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011781369
social welfare, poverty, inequality, and mobility, and reviews some of its design shortcomings. The paper then looks at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011874998
In 2013, the World Bank adopted two goals: First, reduce global extreme poverty to 3 percent by 2030. Second, promote … simulates the global poverty headcount under three growth scenarios for the bottom 40 percent up to 2030. The analysis deploys a … percentage points faster than the mean, the World Bank's poverty goal is achieved with the global poverty falling to below 3 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012937674
With inequality reduction now being officially and broadly recognised as a key development objective with its own Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 10), there is a need for simple, economical and quick methodologies with which to focus on this area and assess progress. This paper presents such a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012619308