poverty reduction. The findings suggest that population dynamics do not appear to be a major driver of changes in growth of … per capita incomes, poverty, or inequality. At the macro level this can be seen at the off-setting effects of population … household size on poverty and inequality appears to have fallen in recent years, particularly in rural areas. Thus demographic …

poverty module (GlobPov), we assess the implication of the IPCC SRES scenarios on global poverty and inequality. We find that … global poverty and inequality measures are sensitive to the downscaling methodology used. Our results show that future … economic growth is crucial for poverty reduction. Higher per capita incomes tend to favour poverty reduction, while higher …

In many countries extreme poverty is unnecessary. Yet it persists. We propose a simple index, denoted the Miser index …, to measure the extent to which societies have poverty in the midst of affluence. It builds on the generalized Lorenz …

countries with respect to poverty reduction, the distribution of income within countries, the distribution of income between …

This paper uses data from the Luxembourg Income Study to analyse cross-national and cross-temporal poverty risks in … welfare state efforts, at the beginning of the 21st century the question of poverty is still highly relevant. It remains today … poverty risks have tended to increase from the early 1980s to the present day. We also show that the cross-national variation …

's program to reduce child poverty. While best practices may be identified, each nation must create its own set of mutually … poverty. …

While all nations value low poverty, high levels of economic self-reliance, and equality of opportunity for younger … self-reliance (earned incomes), family support, and government support to avoid poverty. This paper is designed to examine … these differences in greater detail. We begin by reviewing international concepts and measures of poverty, as they relate to …

average incomes, suggesting that economic growth is virtually sufficient for poverty reduction. This paper attempts to probe … beneath cross-country averages by analyzing provincial data on the poverty–growth nexus in the Philippines. The results show … that economic growth explains a lot but not all about poverty. The balance that seems fairly large can be accounted for by …

"A number of empirical studies using cross-country data have found that poverty incidence responds very strongly to … economic growth. This paper explores the impact of economic growth as well as changes in income inequality on poverty reduction … positive effect on poverty reduction, income inequality has a sharply negative effect. Income inequality reduces the rate of …