The paper examines the performance of the Philippines with respect to the fight against poverty. It reviews the trends … in poverty using the various human development indicators. It also examines the changes in the policy environment over … the last 25 years. It identifies issues relating to programs, institutional arrangements and poverty measurement. …

This Policy Brief introduces the Gini Trade Index (GTI) as a new trade synthetic key performance indicator capable of … replicates the well-known features of the traditional Gini Index, a widely used metric for the skewness of several socioeconomic … indicators, in particular income inequality. The Policy Brief calculates the Gini Trade Index for all EU member states and …

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 …

to the three billion people who are poor using the $2.50 PPP dollar poverty line. A much larger number - 900 million … protections, and type of work), analysts and donors need to understand better how employment, growth, poverty and other factors …

poverty reduction: helping the poor earn more in the labour market for the work they do, so that they can buy the goods and … services they need to move up out of poverty. …

The study presents recent global evidence on the transformation of economic growth to poverty reduction in developing …-specific data are analysed for the US$1.25 and US$2.50 level poverty headcount ratios using the most recent World Bank data. The … study finds that on average income growth has been the major driving force behind both the declines and increases in poverty …

during 1985 to 2000. Two indicators of poverty, infant mortality rates and the Human Development Index (HDI), are utilized …This paper uses a fixed-effects model to analyze the effect of IMF programs on poverty with data from 82 countries … governance factors. The results show that the IMF's programs have no significant direct impact on poverty. Growth and good …

poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are … stated. The second objective is to take stock of child poverty and changes in child poverty in the majority of OECD countries … formulate a number of suggestions for the setting of credible targets for the elimination of child poverty in the rich countries …