income levels and the link between income growth and poverty reduction. We show that heterogeneity in this link affects the …Martin Ravallion ("Why Don't We See Poverty Convergence?" American Economic Review, 102(1): 504-23; 2012) presents … evidence against the existence of proportionate convergence in global poverty rates despite convergence in household mean …

, both income poverty and inequality have decreased significantly and growth has been 'pro-poor', which is explained by … changes in inequality accounting for almost all the changes in poverty. The elasticity of poverty with respect to both growth … growth among factors of production and the distribution of income among households are the cornerstones of poverty reduction …

Around 3 billion people are living in poverty of which 35 % are from Muslim World (World Bank 2010). In this case …, global Muslim community has prime role to address the injustice of global poverty through zakah as an Islamic faith … developing entrepreneurship having universal application. The model’s implications for alleviating poverty by governments, zakah …

In this paper, we analyse the intergenerational transmission of poverty from Polish parents to their children through … on children's education. We conclude that, if poverty transmission takes place between generations, this seems to be …

In this paper, we analyse the intergenerational transmission of poverty from Polish parents to their children through … on children´s education. We conclude that, if poverty transmission takes place between generations, this seems to be …

The study investigates whether economic growth in the Balkan countries was pro-poor in the most recent period. We also … try to establish to what extent various measures of pro-poorness of economic growth produce consistent and comparable … results. Firstly, concepts of pro-poor growth are defined and corresponding approaches toward measuring pro-poor growth are …

to contribute to the debate by examining the type of institutions which have been the most important for growth in … classical growth factors such as investment and export turn out to be more important for growth than institutions. …