productivity, wages and poverty in India in the first quinquennuim of the 21st century. The period between 2000 and 2005 saw a …. On a comparable basis, the reduction in poverty over this period is shown to be substantially smaller than indicated by …, the pace of poverty reduction between 2000 and 2005 shows, at best, a marginal acceleration (or a marginal deceleration …

It is usually admitted that poverty in Africa is mainly rural. This opinion is confirmed by the analysis made on the … basis of the incidence of poverty. Two methodological choices influences this result : firstly the use of a single poverty … line for the whole country, secondly the focusing on the sole incidence of poverty. The use of different poverty lines for …

This paper analyzes the roles of agriculture in reducing poverty. Following the methodology proposed by López (2002 …), three channels by which agricultural growth reduces poverty are tested: (i) its effects on the real wage of unskilled … expansion is dramatic. Agricultural growth tends to improve all measures of poverty significantly with head count falling around …

varies across percentiles in a U-shape. The results provide supporting evidence of multiple equilibria or poverty trap. …

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

poverty is higher 14 % than that of the rate of urbanization. The increasing difficulty of the labour market access and the … sectoral reallocation of poverty constitutes new challenges of development. …

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the interaction between population growth, income distribution and poverty, and its …