The majority of the world's poor, by income poverty and multi-dimensional poverty, now live in countries officially … classified by the World Bank as middle-income countries. Of course nothing happens when a country crosses a (somewhat) arbitrary … ending aid. In light of this, this paper considers two competing perspectives on this changing pattern of global poverty: the …

the world's richest 1 per cent, while just a modest amount of redistribution would have ended $2 poverty. If the share of …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 …

coming into force of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), and the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic. A … integration and resource allocation, and (2) social equity policies on inclusive growth in SSA. Using data from the World Bank …'s World Development Indicators and the Global Consumption and Income Project (1980-2019) for 43 SSA countries, I provide …

'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 …. Economic growth combined with structural change contributed to poverty reduction, but the magnitude of this impact depends …