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 …

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. …

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 …

ecological systems. The marginality concept leads to different development policies. While the prevalence of poverty declined by … about 50 percent in the past two decades, any further reduction of poverty will be more difficult, because of high diversity … of extremely poor people, and complex interrelations between poverty, exclusion and ecology. The marginality concept …

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

poverty reduction in HIPC countries by focusing on one important channel of impact—human capital accumulation. Our simulation … results suggest that poverty and growth objectives would be mainly enhanced if resources are targeted at the primary and … secondary level of education. In addition, targeting education spending to households below the poverty line can potentially …

process of globalization affects different aspects and dimensions of poverty in the developing world. It examines how these … numerous channels interact, as the net effects on poverty depend on the relative strength of the positive and negative forces …

This paper discusses how household panel surveys can be informative about the intergenerational transmission of poverty … have been used to examine the intergenerational transmission of poverty when using household panel surveys. Finally, we … requirements for analysis of the intergenerational transmission of poverty. …

the causal relationships between income inequality, poverty and globalisation. Inequality is negatively correlated to … globalisation, and globalisation reduces poverty. …