The sharpening poverty contradictions and their links to a larger governance reality is the theme of this book …

The report is based on analysis of the main facets and dynamics of poverty in Russia since 1997. The analysis was … "enhancing the measurement, monitoring, and analysis of poverty". This report is however, not a Poverty Reduction Strategy … poverty reduction policies. Thus recommendations are more of a sketchy roadmap of pillars of a poverty reduction strategy than …

Following the 1998 financial crisis, four out of every ten people slipped into poverty, not able to meet basic needs … explores the nature of poverty, both nationally and regionally, to identify the groups with a high poverty risk. It then … examines growth-poverty linkages through the labor market, as well as the contribution of growth and inequality to the recent …

There is a broad agreement that sustainable and pro-poor growth is the only successful strategy to reduce poverty … has larger economy-wide multiplier effects and stronger linkages to poverty reduction in most African countries. For … Rwanda that 1 percent GDP growth driven by agriculture leads to three or four times more poverty reduction than 1 percent GDP …