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 …

This article examines the role of the state in development, and the question of poverty, inequality and regional … socioeconomic transformation, the current state of development, the high level of poverty in these countries (except Malaysia), the … poverty, inequality and regional disparity effectively. …

. Hence, sustainable livelihood approaches are used at both policy and project level to initiate new poverty reduction …

poverty with a multi-level analysis across 18 affluent democracies. Although single mothers are disproportionately poor in all … countries, there is even more cross-national variation in single mother poverty than for poverty among the overall population …. By far, the U.S. has the highest rate of poverty among single mothers. The analyses show that single mother poverty is a …

many developing and developed economies. This is disturbing since little progress can be made in poverty reduction when … growth, and therefore poverty reduction through growth. This paper finds evidence of a concave relationship between …

This paper investigates the determinants of the growth elasticity of poverty by using the internationally designed … poverty line, measured by the share of the population living below USD 1.25 per day. We identify the determinants of changes … in the poverty rate of countries using single and multiple OLS regressions as well as fixed effects. Empirical evidence …

Rising inequality and widespread poverty, social unrest and polarization, gender and ethnic disparities, declining …

conditions for everyone. The endurance of poverty, however, has motivated to extend the traditional 'growth is good for the poor … stage with the propagation of the Millennium Development Goals, including its goal to halve poverty by 2015. -- This volume …

economic outcomes such as income growth, poverty and inequality indicators. Our analysis is based on microsimulations for eight … poverty and inequality. …