strong relationship between economic freedom, poverty reduction and income inequality. Results reveal that larger the … business freedom and / or trade freedom, greater the economic growth. This will ultimately reduce poverty in the country …. -- economic freedom indicators ; pro-poor growth ; poverty ; inequality ; Pakistan …

This paper examines three possible approaches to pro-poor growth. The first one assumes that the poverty line remains … constant in real terms over time. The second perspective examines the case where the poverty line is equal to half the median … of the income distribution but assumes that such a poverty line is determined exogenously. Finally we also propose a …

greater share of benefits from economic growth. Household size was a critical determinant of poverty levels. Sector of … need for smaller family size has to be an integral part of policy aimed at poverty reduction in Nigeria. The support of the … poverty in the different parts of the country. One size does not fit all. Deliberate effort of the government in …

regard, the present study examined the role of institutional conditions in the impact of economic growth on poverty in middle … will reduce poverty to a greater extent. Research limitations/implications: In this study, we faced data limitations on … poverty, and many countries did not have continuous annual data. Originality/value: To my knowledge, no study has been …

Over the years, poverty reduction has been recognised as the main objective of development policy. To reduce poverty …, economic growth is very crucial. The responsiveness of growth towards poverty reduction is measured by the "growth elasticity … of poverty". The present study attempts to calculate growth elasticities of poverty in nine selected Asian countries for …

In this study, we examine the contributions of growth and redistribution to poverty reduction in Mexico during the … period from 1992 to 2014, using repeated cross-section household data. We first decompose the observed changes in poverty … contributor to poverty reduction in Mexico. In the second part of our analysis, we compile a unique panel dataset at the state …

index of inequality elasticity of poverty. The study puts forward a scenario matrix to hypothesize the four qualities of … growth according to its interactions with inequality and poverty. This model is useful for developing countries that lack GDP … poverty measures. …

While the poverty reductions in the Philippines in 2012–2018 are modest compared to what Vietnam, China or Indonesia … decomposition of poverty and inequality in 2000–2018 using official national household surveys. We find the growth since 2012 …, unlike before, was consistently pro-poor. Moreover, growth and redistribution aligned after 2012 to reduce poverty, whereas …

-tocountry policy variations in the inflation-poverty reduction causal nexus in selected sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries from 1981 … across countries in the inflation-poverty reduction causal nexus, this study uses robust Hatemi-J data decomposition … existing studies, the panel and country-specific findings exhibit several dimensions of asymmetric causality in the inflation-poverty …