The majority of the world's poor, by income poverty and multi-dimensional poverty, now live in countries officially … ending aid. In light of this, this paper considers two competing perspectives on this changing pattern of global poverty: the … mutually exclusive, is that global poverty is gradually in the process of 'nationalizing', at least in terms of resources …

This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the … empirical evidence about inequality during the colonial period as well as the post-independence era. Then it discusses the … forces that determine inequality change, focusing on factor accumulation and structural change. Next it considers the …

The paper investigates the relationship between development, as measured by the GNI per capita and lived poverty in … one set of indicators that capture the extension of lived poverty, that is what percentage of the respondents, experiences … deprivation, but we also develop a series of indicators that capture the severity of lived poverty, that is how frequently …

What has happened to inequality between and within countries since 1990? In this paper we explore who have been the … winners and losers from global growth since 1990. We find that falls in total global inequality in the last 30 years are … the world's richest 1 per cent, while just a modest amount of redistribution would have ended $2 poverty. If the share of …

This study provides thresholds of inequality that should not be exceeded if gender inclusive education is to enhance … and inequality is unfavourable to gender economic inclusion. Second, a Gini coefficient that nullifies the positive … associated with lower levels of education are not significant. As the main policy implication, income inequality should not be …

its great success in poverty reduction, China has witnessed rapidly increasing income inequality which only began to …

Between 1981 and 2017, real gross domestic product in Thailand grew at an average annual rate of 5.7 per cent …'s employment share declined, but most new jobs were in services. Concurrently, poverty incidence declined dramatically. Income … inequality increased until the late 1980s, then gradually declined, reaching a level in 2017 that was well below the 1981 level …

-level modeling techniques, this paper explores the macro-level determinants of the gender poverty gap in the ten post …-socialist European Union member states. In dialogue with the literature on the impact of economic development on gender inequality in … poverty gap in Central and Eastern Europe, while generous welfare policies, specifically higher levels of spending on pensions …