The evolution of the development doctrine over the last six decades is analysed in some detail in this paper. The …

The evolution of the development doctrine over the last six decades is analysed in some detail in this paper. The …

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 …

(transmission mechanisms) through which the process of globalization affects poverty directly and indirectly. Section 3 reviews the … the effects of different manifestations of globalization on poverty tend to be context-specific. In general, the main … globalization channels appeared not to have been able to reduce overall poverty in the region. Between 1981 and 2004 growth was …

The paper offers a critical literature review of the debate surrounding the globalization- poverty nexus, focusing on … trends in world income inequality, it examines first the ‘growth’ conduit through which globalization affects poverty …. Treating inequality as the explicit filter between growth and poverty reduction, the causal chain of openness-growth-inequality-poverty …

growth is analysed by exploring the interrelationship among growth, inequality, and poverty. The present growth spell appears …