In this paper, we develop a three-period gender-based Overlapping Generations (OLG) model of economic growth for Côte d’Ivoire by endogenizing life expectancy and linking growth and poverty. We then calibrate the model using the country-specific data to illustrate the role of public policies...

This book examines the two fundamental arguments that are often raised against globalization: that it produces inequality and that it increases poverty. Here Guillermo De la Hesa, Chairman of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and a member of the Group of Thirty, and a leading figure...

"A number of empirical studies using cross-country data have found that poverty incidence responds very strongly to economic growth. This paper explores the impact of economic growth as well as changes in income inequality on poverty reduction using provincial data from Thailand over the period...