"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 … positive effect on poverty reduction, income inequality has a sharply negative effect. Income inequality reduces the rate of …

the contributions to this volume. First, the linkages between growth, inequality, and poverty in Latin America need …, measuring and addressing poverty remains a critical research area, in particular non-monetary including subjective indicators of … well-being often tell a different story that needs to be considered when analyzing poverty trends and determinants. Lastly …

inequality and that it increases poverty. Here Guillermo De la Hesa, Chairman of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR … globalization actually stands to reduce the levels of poverty and inequality worldwide. He poses the question as to whether …