The financial intermediation-growth nexus is a widely studied topic in the literature of development economics …. Deepening financial intermediation may promote economic growth by mobilizing more investments, and lifting returns to financial … productivity growth is accounted for by the deepening process of financial development. Towards this end, an appropriate …

The slowdown and in some years reversal of poverty reduction in China forcefully demonstrates that growth is not … sufficient for combating poverty even if that growth is of unprecedented magnitude. Policy initiatives should take into …-WIDER?s project on Inequality and Poverty in China. It also offers policy recommendations for tackling the poverty-growth …

The financial intermediation-growth nexus is a widely studied topic in the literature of development economics …. Deepening financial intermediation may promote economic growth by mobilizing more investments, and lifting returns to financial … productivity growth is accounted for by the deepening process of financial development. Towards this end, an appropriate …

inequality in Asia. Analytical results confirm significant reductions in poverty across the board due to fast growth, although … the benign effect of growth on poverty was offset by worsening distribution in many economies. Looking ahead, Asia is …This paper aims to depict the post-Second World War poverty and inequality trends in Asia, its sub-regions, and …

The paper discusses key challenges faced throughout the Asia and the Pacific region as a number of its developing …