least three different perspectives. A macroeconomic approach that relies on cross-country data on poverty, inequality, and … approach, in particular, builds on the observation that growth, changes in poverty, and changes in inequality are simply …

better place to weather such a severe crisis. The impact on poverty would be considerably lower, inequality would not change …

dataset and methodological approach for evaluating the global poverty and inequality effects of policy reforms. It finds that … mild, but exhibit a strong regional pattern. Inequality is likely to fall in regions such as Latin America, which are … characterized by high initial inequality, and rise in regions like South Asia, characterized by low initial inequality. …

Comparing changes in inequality with initial levels, using new data, the author finds that within-country inequality in … income or per capita consumption is converging toward medium levels--a Gini index around 40 percent. The finding is robust to … allow for serially independent measurement error in inequality data and for short-run dynamics around longer-term trends …

alleviation at the national level, while Cameroon's domestic trade liberalization has adverse poverty and inequality impacts … neutral replacement tax to compensate lost tariff revenue, and gets even worse when using a consumption tax. Key reasons here … are the supplementary distortions which are nil in case of a neutral tax and greatest in the case of a consumption tax. In …

realize the growth potential of trade, while limiting the risk of rising inequality, policies need to better account for …