policy. This paper reviews the current evidence regarding the impact of aid on growth and poverty reduction, and develops a … concludes that aid broadly works, that poverty would be higher in the absence of aid, and that the shortfall in aid during the …-up in aid and other development finance flows is now necessary if poverty is to be substantially reduced by 2015. …

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 …

households, especially when ad-valorem equivalents of NTMs are taken into account. -- Trade policy ; wage elasticities ; poverty …

since the late 1990s conclude that aid increases economic growth. By implication, therefore, it can be inferred that poverty …. A downturn in volumes in the 1990s is demonstrated. It asserts that poverty is higher and the MDGs are hard to achieve …

like for Africa? The goal of ending extreme poverty remains paramount. Globally, the World Bank has set goals to end … extreme poverty by 2030 and to promote shared prosperity in every society. We examine feasibility of these objectives for Sub … redistribution, eliminating poverty by 2030 is out of the region's reach. Even under our "best case" scenario of accelerated growth …

poverty, as opposed to growth alone. The contribution of a sector to poverty reduction is shown to depend on its own growth … evidence indicates that agriculture is significantly more effective than non-agriculture in reducing poverty among the poorest … of the poor (as reflected in the $1-day squared poverty gap). It is also up to 3.2 times better at reducing $1-day …

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 …