This paper examines the indirect linkages among foreign direct investment (henceforth, FDI) and poverty reduction … that FDI inflows are able to contribute to higher growth and employment in poor countries? I argue yes. Behavior of FDI … therefore FDI can contribute to higher growth and employment in poor countries but only under certain circumstances, “Roll out …

The study investigates the impact of trade liberalization on employment, its consequence to poverty reduction and how … trade openness affects economic development in Pakistan. Although, increase in poverty and unemployment is observed, this …

inequality and poverty to changes in factor endowments and changes in economic and employment structures. We also provide some …This paper seeks to measure and explain changes in incomes, inequality, and poverty in Kenya. It starts from a very … income, inequality and poverty over time, and to explain why they evolved in the way they did. We relate changes in …

by falling poverty and fairly stable, or even declining, income inequality. Subsequently, from about the mid-1970s … onwards, a cumulative process of non-farm diversification took hold, and was accompanied by further growth and poverty decline … growth in inequality and has played a particularly pronounced role in reducing poverty. …

optimal anti-poverty budgetary rules for two kinds of intervention, direct income transfers and wage employment programmes. …

This paper investigates the effect of firm-level investment on the levels of income inequality and poverty. Using a …-level investment is also negatively related to several measures of poverty. Overall, our results indicate that firm-level capital … reducing inequality and poverty. Our results may also be beneficial to policy makers as they consider a variety of regulatory …

The history of the ILO is characterized by a long fight to put employment at the heart of development strategies …

of Statistics, the paper provides anexplanation as to why the creation of wealth and employment opportunities in Tanzania … fails tobring the level of poverty to a level roughly comparable to what is found in the region and toreduce inequality …

The relationship among economic growth, employment and poverty reduction is an organic one such that the evolution of … economic growth is intimately tied to the evolution of employment generation and poverty reduction. Imbalances in macro … the incidence of poverty and employment intensity of growth in Nigeria. The study found among other things that poverty …

increase employment and to reduce poverty and public assistance. We also find some evidence that higher welfare benefits had … longer-run adverse effects, and quite robust evidence that tighter welfare time limits reduce poverty and public assistance … in the longer run. The evidence on the long-run effects of the minimum wage on poverty and public assistance is not …