growth is analysed by exploring the interrelationship among growth, inequality, and poverty. The present growth spell appears … process. Two alternatives development strategies are described: pro-poor growth and pro-growth poverty reduction. The finding … that high initial poverty incidence acts as a deterrent to subsequent growth is confronted with micro evidence from rural …

The literature on poverty convergence is sparse and much of the empirical evidence relies on Ravallion (2012) who found … a lack of poverty convergence across some ninety Less Developed Countries (LDCs) during 1977-2007. This paper revisits … cross-country poverty convergence using data from the same sources but an extended period, i.e. 1977-2014. We find that …

Empirical evidence in the sparse literature on poverty convergence currently relies on cross-sectional analysis, where … Less Developed Countries (LDCs) starting out poorer are found to have enjoyed no faster subsequent poverty reduction during … the past three decades than those starting out richer, as initial poverty retards growth and makes it less effective in …

African development; (ii) income distribution, inequality, and poverty; and (iii) economic structure, interdependence, and …

growth is analysed by exploring the interrelationship among growth, inequality, and poverty. The present growth spell appears … process. Two alternatives development strategies are described: pro-poor growth and pro-growth poverty reduction. The finding … that high initial poverty incidence acts as a deterrent to subsequent growth is confronted with micro evidence from rural …

The literature on poverty convergence is sparse and much of the empirical evidence relies on Ravallion (2012) who found … a lack of poverty convergence across some ninety Less Developed Countries (LDCs) during 1977-2007. This paper revisits … cross-country poverty convergence using data from the same sources but an extended period, i.e. 1977-2014. We find that …

Empirical evidence in the sparse literature on poverty convergence currently relies on cross-sectional analysis, where … Less Developed Countries (LDCs) starting out poorer are found to have enjoyed no faster subsequent poverty reduction during … the past three decades than those starting out richer, as initial poverty retards growth and makes it less effective in …

African development; (ii) income distribution, inequality, and poverty; and (iii) economic structure, interdependence, and …