concise overview of the report in the eight areas it covers: poverty, education, employment and inequality, energy, the …

, 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 … Kazakhstan. It is found that outstanding GDP growth has been translated into very modest growth in mean household income. However …

In this chapter, William Watson challenges Heath's interpretation of the benefits of productivity growth, but agrees … productivity growth. Watson tackles Heath's assessment of the social benefits of productivity growth directly, starting with the … issues of social inequality and poverty. He argues that there has been no flagging in redistributive effort in Canada and he …

The objective of the study is to examine the relationship between growth, inequality and poverty in the context of … 1964–2011. The regression model encompassing the impact of economic growth and inequality on poverty reflects that a 1 … rural, urban and national levels. Further, this study evaluates pro-poor growth policies in Pakistan during the period of …

. A series of shocks, especially the fuel and food price crisis of 2008, combined with poor productivity growth in …

We argue that with interdependent utility functions growth can lead to a decline in total welfare of a society if the … gains from growth are sufficiently unequally distributed in the presence of negative externalities, i.e., envy. …

social indicators, such as GDP growth, labour market outcomes, and poverty and inequality, for the period since the fall of … find that FDI inflows have had, in general, a positive effect on economic growth in CESEE, and that this effect has been … with 0.19 pp higher GDP growth. For FDI from Germany and Austria, this effect is five times higher - FDI inflows of 1 pp of …

Reducing poverty and inequality and promoting inclusive growth are fundamental to achieving the United Nations … evaluation of the main stylized facts concerning poverty, inequality, and growth. It will uncover existing trends, put …

-relevant work on poverty measurement. The paper also presents results on empirical exercises comparing trends in inequality, and …

In this paper we examine the interrelatedness between regime types of democracy and non-democracy and poverty reduction …, GDP and inequality we find no significant impact of democratization on poverty rates. In more flexible and causal …