reduce poverty and inequality in society that are essential prerequisites for supporting sustainable economic growth of … supports a reduction of poverty and income inequality in society. In particular, results here show that the critical role of … good governance for reducing inequality and poverty has a higher effect in countries with stable economies than emerging …

, political explanations that have been proffered for this apparent anomaly. Finally, the impact of democracy on poverty reduction … the interplay between democracy, social opportunity and economic security, drawing upon survey data to explore popular … the multidimensional nature of poverty and how to measure it, then identifies aggregate indicators of the performance of …

, and in particular to sea-level rise and its associated risks. We construct poverty and hardship profiles for households on …

poverty will enhance well-being in China, policies that reduce rural-urban and gender inequalities are also likely to boost …

Background: Poverty in Korea is not gender neutral. Both male headed and female headed households experience poverty in … distinct ways. This research discusses poverty and how it has evolved in Korea from a gender perspective. Methods: It describes … the characteristics of poverty among the working population based on gender and other household attributes. It measures …

increased the incidence, intensity and severity of poverty in Nigeria. In addition we find that exposure to violent conflict …

Using comparable fiscal incidence analysis, this paper examines the impact of fiscal policy on inequality and poverty … targeted at the rich. While fiscal policy always reduces inequality, this is not the case with poverty. Fiscal policy increases … poverty in 4 countries using a US$1.25/day PPP poverty line, in 8 countries using a US$2.50/day line, and in 15 countries …