poverty module (GlobPov), we assess the implication of the IPCC SRES scenarios on global poverty and inequality. We find that … global poverty and inequality measures are sensitive to the downscaling methodology used. Our results show that future … economic growth is crucial for poverty reduction. Higher per capita incomes tend to favour poverty reduction, while higher …

. One reason is that carbon taxes can aggravate poverty by increasing prices of basic goods and services such as food …, heating, and commuting. Meanwhile, cash transfer programs have been established as some of the most efficient poverty …

This paper makes a set of estimates for the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on poverty incidence, intensity …, and severity in developing countries and on the distribution of global poverty. We conclude there could be increases in … poverty of a substantial magnitude-up to 400 million new poor living under the $1.90 poverty line, over 500 million new poor …

This paper provides a preliminary assessment of COVID-19's impact on global poverty in the light of the IMF's April … recorded over the last decade in terms of poverty reduction. Our baseline case suggests that globally the number of people … Development. The fallout from the pandemic will also exacerbate the geographic concentration of poverty, as exemplified by the …

Structural adjustment, as measured by the number of adjustment loans from the IMF and World Bank, reduces the effect of … growth on poverty reduction. Growth does reduce poverty, but I find no evidence for a direct effect of structural adjustment … lending are counter-cyclical, but there is no evidence that the cyclical component of those policy variables affects poverty …

different types of financial crises impact the poverty headcount ratio and the poverty gap (as measured by the World Bank). Our … crises on poverty. We employ multivariate fixed effects panel data analysis in order to examine whether and to what extent … significantly exacerbate both the incidence and depth of poverty in the short run. We find evidence that banking crises are …

policies. After the 2030s, the effects of climate change are likely to be significant, with agriculture and food production …

This paper examines the likely impact on agriculture of the climate change which has already taken place between 1960 …, and carbon dioxide response functions are used to calculate the impacts on agriculture. Temperature and precipitation … overall growth of agriculture has been small, contributing between 2.6% and 5.4% of overall growth. This effect has been …