This paper reviews the pattern of poverty rates and income inequality in El Salvador since the 1990s. It discusses some … of migration and remittances (that is, a 'private safety net' built around solidarity within families) rather than the …

This paper examines the effects of financial development on income inequality and poverty. The results of both cross …-country and panel data regressions suggest that inequality and poverty are reduced not only through enhanced loan markets, but … robust determinants of both income inequality and poverty. Finally, we find evidence that government spending leads to a …

relationship between remittances and income. Measures of inequality and poverty based on actual, with-migration income and … remittances on poverty alleviation and income distribution are found to be stronger when the more rigorous, counterfactual income …We use original 2005 household survey data from Fiji and Tonga to estimate the impact of migration and remittances on …

The paper studies the effects of international remittances on poverty and inequality in Ethiopia using an urban … household survey from 2004. In order to identify the effects of remittances on poverty and inequality, counterfactual … poverty values in the hypothetical and actual cases are then compared. There is a significant reduction in poverty while …

This paper attempts to analyze the fact that is trade liberalization reducing poverty and income inequality in Pakistan … significant impact on aggregate poverty and income inequality in Pakistan in short-run. In long run, trade liberalization has some … strong effects on poverty and inequality. Nevertheless, other control variables - foreign remittances and gross capital …