Economists increasingly agree on the nature of the development and social policies needed to halve poverty over the next ten years. A similar convergence is nowhere in sight in the case of macroeconomic policies. Disagreements in this area remain significant, exacerbated by rising financial...

This paper reviews the recent economic policies in Brazil and their impacts on the poor, and examines macro policies required to allow for poverty reduction. We first present the economic policies of the following periods and their impacts on growth and on the poor: 1980-1989, 1990-2002, and...

This book tackles the disagreements that affect those looking to establish the macroeconomic policies needed to halve poverty over the next ten years. It presents a pro-poor macroeconomic policy allowing countries to recapture policy space, help promote growth, reduce inequality and diminish...