countries, and (b) workers' remittances help reduce poverty in Latin American countries. In recent decades, workers' remittances …' remittances on economic growth and poverty in 21 Latin American countries. The study uses annual data covering all Latin American … addition, we estimate the short-run and long-run effects of workers' remittances on economic growth and poverty on individual …

found. Finally, I argue that poverty estimation based on national account consumption means and estimates of inequality from … decline of poverty over time, but the magnitude of the adjustment is country- and year-specific. …

the sphere of poverty measurement, the fourth essay is on the topic of trade and development. In recent years, the issue … of international poverty measurement gained in importance in public perception as poverty reduction was the first and … probably most prominent indicator of the MDGs and now SDGs. Since 1990, the World Bank has produced international poverty …