We evaluate the claim that world consumption poverty has fallen since 1990 in light of alternative assumptions about … the extent of initial poverty and the rate of subsequent poverty reduction in China, India, and the rest of the developing … world. We use two poverty indicators: the aggregate headcount and the headcount ratio, and consider two widely …

incomes and poverty globally. Using the global LINKAGE model to generate changes in domestic and international prices that … have a direct impact on factor incomes and consumer prices, we estimate the change in real income at the poverty line that … would accompany various reform scenarios. When accompanied by additional information about the elasticity of poverty with …

poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are … stated. The second objective is to take stock of child poverty and changes in child poverty in the majority of OECD countries … formulate a number of suggestions for the setting of credible targets for the elimination of child poverty in the rich countries …

We review the relationship between trade and poverty in less developed countries, surveying both relevant economic … can lead to poverty reduction, these circumstances do not always obtain. Trade liberalization will only be an effective … instrument of poverty reduction under specific structural conditions. There may be more direct and effective means of attaining …