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 …

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 …

households’ performance with different characteristics in terms of poverty. It uses four rounds of data from the consumer …, and living in less-developed states are more likely to be in poverty. In the second part, the article explores stochastic … targeted for poverty alleviation strategies. The first part sheds light on key determinants of household expenditure, while the …

individual economies. Efforts are made to explain these trends and explore the interrelationship between growth, poverty, and … 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 …

$2 per day poverty lines. This can be attributed to faster population growth than poverty reduction. The ranking of the …Poverty reduction in the Asia and the Pacific region in 2005-2008 had been quite significant. Despite the global crisis …, an estimated 150 million people exited extreme poverty by 2008 - from 903.4 million in 2005 to 753.5 million, bringing …

is still grappling to overcome interrelated challenges of poverty and sustainable development, so its priorities will be …” framework stresses the distinct challenges of achieving zero extreme poverty (Z), setting country-specific “Epsilon” benchmarks …