The relation between growth, inequality and poverty is the central theme of the paper. While the fast economic growth … under the neo-liberal policy regime helps reduce poverty, it increases inequality in income distribution in a way that … retards the progress in poverty-reduction. The empirical validity of this proposition is examined by tracing trends in per …

, is a factor slowing down poverty reduction. But it can also result in slower poverty reduction for a given average rate … of growth, due to poverty traps, often examined at the microeconomic level. Testing a model of poverty change on a panel … of data for more than 80 countries from 1981 to 2005, we find that income instability results in a lower poverty …

This paper looks into the interrelation between economic growth, inequality, and poverty. Using the notion of pro … reduction in poverty is monotonically an increasing function of the pro-poor growth measure. This paper proposes a pro …-poor growth measure that satisfies the monotonicity criterion. This measure is called the ‘poverty equivalent growth rate’, which …

The present study evaluated the inter-linkages between economic growth, poverty and malnutrition to explain if the … economic growth lead reduction in poverty has been able to combat malnutrition level over the period of study from 1993-94 to … found improvements in level of poverty from 1993-94 to 2004-05 however the nutritional status showed no improvements …

It has been shown in prior research that increased economic growth reduces poverty. Authors have also found that the … effect of growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on poverty growth has either diminished or remained unchanged over time, and … economic expansion in the 1980s in the United States had no affect on poverty. Using a formal error-correction model, we find …

We estimate the required time and the minimum necessary growth rate to halve poverty incidence and poverty intensity in …– than they have done historically to shrink poverty by half by 2015. In contrast, income in the urban sector would have to …

Many empirical studies have shown that economic growth generally leads to a drop in poverty. These studies have also … pointed out that a given growth rate is compatible with a large range of outcomes in terms of poverty reduction. This means … that growth is more pro-poor in certain cases than in others. Using complete and partial poverty orderings, this paper …

Nigeria has recorded impressive growth in the last decade, yet the impact of this growth on poverty reduction remains … unclear. This paper appraises spatial and temporal non-monetary multidimensional poverty in Nigeria using the first … is sensitive to indicator definitions, the overall results are robust and lend support to the view that poverty reduction …