Purpose More than half of the Mexican population lives in poverty. While there are many studies about poverty in Mexico … and transitory poverty in Mexico as well as their possible determinants. The study findings can be used by the government … to design and implement public policies to alleviate both chronic and transient poverty in Mexico.  …

/actual “poverty tours”, the article argues that while Antigua NGOs develop and host these poverty tours as a means of moving “hearts …

(TFP) in the four major Latin American economies: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. Design/methodology/approach – The … relationship between infrastructure and economic growth for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico between 1950 and 2000, using new …

and economic growth in Mexico. Design/methodology/approach – The paper shows the existence of such relationship in a … real GDP. Since, for most of the period under consideration Mexico experienced inflation rates higher than 10 percent, this … inflation rate exceeds 9 percent, then Mexico's current favorable economic performance might be jeopardized. Originality …

Purpose – The paper seeks to examine the inter‐temporal causal relationship between financial development and poverty … Kenya a spur to poverty reduction? Design/methodology/approach – The study uses a trivariate causality model based on … savings rate as an intermittent variable in the bivariate causality setting between financial development and poverty …

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to analyse the cross‐country variation in the growth elasticity of poverty across a … variables that may explain the cross‐country variation in the growth elasticity of poverty, the paper sets up a theoretical … the growth elasticity of poverty. Practical implications – Countries that reduce regulatory burdens, improve literacy …

, namely that social expenditure, domestic investment, financial inclusion, income inequality, income and human poverty are …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the poverty rates of Indonesia, Malaysia and Pakistan, representing … majority Muslim populations, and of India as a minority Muslim population, according to Ibn Khaldun's dynamic model on poverty …. Design/methodology/approach – According to Ibn Khaldun, poverty is not merely influenced by economic dimension. He initiated …

/value – It provides a direction for future research into issues of economic growth and poverty alleviation in Sub-Sahara Africa.  …

Purpose – To review the literature on the relationship between growth, globalization, and poverty, and present … poverty. Design/methodology/approach – Notwithstanding data and methodological problems cited in the literature, this paper … makes an effort to quantitatively examine the issue of statistical correlation between growth and poverty variables, through …