development policy concentrates on growth through poverty alleviation and the fisheries sector has a key role to play through the … problems of chronically low incomes amongst many of the world's fishermen has received much attention. Poverty alleviation … understanding of the features and factor of this poverty and without such an understanding any policy is unlikely to achieve the …

of the empirical evidence with a view to suggesting appropriate exchange rate regimes that are conducive for poverty … reduction. Due to its obvious implications for poverty, the chapter begins with a discussion of currency crises and devaluation … (CAL). A brief review of issues pertaining to CAL and poverty reduction is presented in Section III. The reviews in Section …

There is now a consensus that economic growth is a dominant determinant of poverty. That is, poverty reduction requires … raises mean income and reduces the proportion of the population living below any absolute poverty line. It is generally … believed that growth that is distribution neutral has a greater impact on poverty reduction than growth that generates …

The debate on trade and poverty is reinforced by recent studies on the role of standards. It is argued that increasing … to quantify income and poverty effects of such high-standards trade and to integrate labor market effects, by using … increasing standards, resulting in important income gains and poverty reduction. Our estimates indicate that poverty is 14 …