narratives, metaphors, and emotions. We argue that right-wing populists skillfully present abstract phenomena of globalization … and translate them to individual experiences of 'ordinary people'. Metaphors play a crucial role in populist storytelling … recent cases of 'successful' right-wing populist, anti-globalization storytelling, which build on strong metaphors. One is …

Poverty reduction in the Asia and the Pacific region in 2005-2008 had been quite significant. Despite the global crisis …, an estimated 150 million people exited extreme poverty by 2008 - from 903.4 million in 2005 to 753.5 million, bringing … the percentage of people living under the $1.25 per day poverty line to 21.9% from 27.1% in 2005. Poverty reduction was …

future economic growth. In contrast, low income and absolute poverty work both as push-factors and as credit constraints, so … that people may want to leave, but few can afford to migrate when poverty is high. We test our hypotheses using new data on … poverty, using a migration gravity model with a spatial specification. Controlling for both source and destination income …