This report seeks to put the issue of poverty in practical terms of what we know about poverty and what can be done to …

(Sustainable Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction and Promotion of Social Equity) and for each of the four priority areas …

Microfinance and Poverty probes a set of assumptions that have arisen about microfinance and poverty reduction and that … and analysis of theoretical and applied literature on microfinance and poverty. The view of microcredit that emerges is …

Experience from the 1990s has led to a poverty reduction agenda that, on top of promoting economic growth, addresses …

of poverty rates and inequality levels. We also estimate a heterogeneous response to the mining-abundant condition …, finding stronger responses in lower-poverty, higher-inequality districts. Finally, we find a trend suggesting incremental … activities, on the reduction of poverty and inequality. …

Raising labor productivity is recognized as a critical factor for increasing economic growth and reducing poverty … the region. We examine the scope for education to lift labor incomes above poverty levels in Latin America and find that …

Report Card 10 considers two views of child poverty in the world’s advanced economies: a measure of absolute … deprivation, and a measure of relative poverty. The first measure is a 14-item Child Deprivation Index that represents a … 'poverty line' - defined as 50 per cent of median disposable household income. …

poverty and deprivation estimates are important new tools in this undertaking. This paper reviews the insights of various … contributions from research into multidimensional poverty and deprivation and combines them into an internally consistent framework …. The framework adds an important element by emphasising that people may experience various types and forms of poverty and …