greater share of benefits from economic growth. Household size was a critical determinant of poverty levels. Sector of … need for smaller family size has to be an integral part of policy aimed at poverty reduction in Nigeria. The support of the … poverty in the different parts of the country. One size does not fit all. Deliberate effort of the government in …

We examine the effects of trade liberalization on child work in Indonesia. Our estimation strategy identifies …

"Indonesia has an impressive record of economic growth and poverty reduction over the past two decades. The growth-poverty …/kabupatens), however, reveal huge differences in poverty changes, subnational economic growth, and local attributes. Results of econometric …. Thus, while fostering economic growth is evidently crucial, a more complete poverty reduction strategy should take into …

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 …

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 …

Anecdotal evidence permeates accounts on the impact of the global economic crisis (GEC) on Philippine poverty. This … crisis on the economy and poverty across population groups was nonetheless severe - and may linger for many years to come. …

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. …

This paper looks into the interrelation between economic growth, inequality, and poverty. Using the notion of pro … reduction in poverty is monotonically an increasing function of the pro-poor growth measure. This paper proposes a pro …-poor growth measure that satisfies the monotonicity criterion. This measure is called the ‘poverty equivalent growth rate’, which …