development, and poverty reduction, by setting out the results of recent research in a way that is accessible to a wide audience …

Although growth has improved substantially in most African countries in recent years, poverty across the continent has … fallen very little in the aggregate. There have been strong poverty reduction performances in some countries, but others … exhibit higher poverty rates now than in 1990 despite economic growth. This paper seeks to understand the reasons for this …

poverty reduction shifted from agricultural to non-agricultural growth in the Philippines, but agricultural investments can be …