The majority of the world's poor, by income poverty and multi-dimensional poverty, now live in countries officially … classified by the World Bank as middle-income countries. Of course nothing happens when a country crosses a (somewhat) arbitrary … ending aid. In light of this, this paper considers two competing perspectives on this changing pattern of global poverty: the …

Poverty is a multifaceted phenomenon that goes beyond lack of adequate income. The overarching objective of development … in many countries has been and continues to be the eradication of all facets of poverty. Rapid as well as well equitable … countries have succeeded insustaining rapid growth for a long period and in reducing poverty significantly, the evidence does …