Growth, inequality, and poverty are central elements of the development process. However the mutual effects and … framework we derive some fundamental relations between growth, inequality and poverty. In the empirical part we test for unit … long-run dynamics for income growth and changes in inequality and poverty in a panel of 114 developing countries and six …

those countries. Economic growth during 1995-2006 is regressed against poverty, inequality and human development variables …. The main findings are that growth did not reduce poverty and that income inequality, measured as a reduction of Gini … income inequality. However, this result does not identify a “U-shaped” Kuznets curve because even after a consistent period …

estimate income and inequality (semi-)elasticities of poverty for the 2$ a day and 1.25$ a day poverty lines. The models fit …The pace of poverty reduction through growth vs. redistribution is at the heart of current debates on equitable … development. In this paper, we argue that empirical poverty decompositions should build in the inherent boundedness of the poverty …

The recent revision of the World Bank’s global poverty estimates based on a new $1.25 (2005 PPP) poverty line …. In the short term, less weight should be given to the Bank’s poverty estimates in monitoring the first MDG. In the longer … requires global institutional coordination. Until it is implemented, the crisis in the monitoring of global consumption poverty …

subtle insights into the relationships between gender and poverty. …

In estimating the impact of migration on income and poverty, existing studies have typically overlooked the fact that …

Poverty reduction is now, and quite properly should remain, the primary objective of the World Bank. But, when the … World Bank dreams of a world free of poverty—what should it be dreaming? I argue in this essay that the dream should be a … bold one, that treats citizens of all nations equally in defining poverty, and that sets a high standard for what …

why good global economic governance matters for reducing poverty and inequality in the world, and then develop several …Increasing integration has made the great challenge of reducing poverty and advancing human development more achievable …