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 …

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

.e. percentage point) changes in FGT poverty measures assuming a log-normal income distribution, which we argue to be a conceptually … superior and more policy-relevant measure than the much used regular growth elasticity of poverty reduction. We also test the … empirical relationship of these semi-elasticities of growth and distributional change on poverty and find them to explain actual …

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

The paper describes the issue of the impact of poverty and income inequality on the health of the population using … equity with respect to financing and access is undermined. It is emphasized that reducing poverty and income inequality …

services sector is split up into formal and informal activities to account for the fact that poverty is largely confined to the …

income. Hence effective education policies should be an essential component of any poverty-reduction strategy. …

poverty. This generally fails to find any systematic pattern of change in income distribution during recent decades. Neither … conflicts. Among the strategic elements that have contributed to reduced poverty are: an outward-oriented strategy of export … in reducing poverty. Growth can be substantial if the policy and institutional environment is right. …

, distribution and poverty using a CGE-microsimulation approach wherein the representative household assumption in the traditional …

. A selection of polarization indices are presented for different poverty and affluence thresholds based on net household …) show an increase in income polarization since the late nineties independent of the choice of poverty and affluence …