economies, while poverty and income inequality have declined considerably. Growth has also been remarkably resilient in the face …Malaysia has sustained over four decades of rapid, inclusive growth, reducing its dependence on agriculture and … policy. Further reforms are needed for Malaysia to become a high-income nation around 2020: productivity growth needs to be …

Productivity growth is essential to providing sustainable increases in living standards. Malaysia has reached a … development stage where growth needs to be driven more by productivity gains than the sheer accumulation of capital and labour … inputs. The 11th Malaysia Plan (2016-20) sets an ambitious labour productivity growth target of 3.7% per year, well above the …

-satisfaction. This paper reviews the social progress that Costa Rica has achieved and identifies reducing inequality and poverty as the … growth and employment opportunities, thereby providing a way out of poverty. Building on its achievements in this area, Costa … by raising their skill levels. This is the most effective way to get people out of poverty. Education is the area where …

global economic crisis, poverty and inequality have increased. An immediate priority is to ensure adequate income support for … those most in need. Getting more people into better jobs is crucial to raise living standards and to reduce poverty. In …

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is generally considered a driving factor to economic growth. Nevertheless, empirical … evidence is rather mixed, reporting a positive, neutral, or even negative relationship of FDI with growth. Our investigation … concentrates on the impact of FDI inflows on growth and their effect mediated by income levels and the quality of the institutional …

This paper estimates urban and rural poverty rates across five Chinese administrative regions (Shanghai, Liaoning … types of government transfer payments that households in poverty received and the ability for such payments to lift … households from poverty are also assessed. Consistent with official estimates, the results highlight substantial disparities in …

also who moves up and down the income ladder over time. While income inequality has increased in most OECD countries, in … progressive taxation has also reduced the top 1 per cent’s share of disposable income. This paper finds that income inequality … to greater income inequality but also higher upward income mobility. Indeed, the analysis in the paper shows upward …

-wage earners would make inroads into poverty and inequality while encouraging formal work. This paper accompanies and extends the … that balances goals of reducing poverty, encouraging employment and fiscal sustainability. Using the OECD’s Tax-Benefit and … revenues and increase inequality, by reducing the progressivity of the personal tax system. A proposed reform package that …