long-run, growth reduces poverty. Yet, growth in output - per se - is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for … poverty reduction, especially in the short-term. And the short-term matters a great deal to the poor. The paper uses a number … of parametric, non-parametric and decomposition methodologies to assess regional changes in output, income, poverty and …

This paper examines the impact of the economic transition of the 1990s on living standards in Kazakhstan and suggests … of the population of Kazakhstan was living below a ‘subsistence minimum' living standard in 1996. Second, given the … extent of poverty, this is a problem that cannot be eliminated by public transfer programs alone. Indeed, the social safety …

the relation between growth and poverty in Kazakhstan, a country that experienced rapid growth and poverty reduction in … the long-run, growth reduces poverty. Yet, growth in output - per se - is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition … for poverty reduction in the short-term. The paper uses a number of parametric and non-parametric methodologies to assess …

This study assesses the redistributive effects of fiscal policy in Mali and Niger. Fiscal policy is poverty increasing … three deciles, respectively). Although existing direct fiscal transfers have poverty-reducing effects, they are too small …

's Democratic Republic, with the Gini coefficient rising from 0.311 to 0.364, even though absolute poverty incidence has halved. The … increase in inequality was statistically significant and reduced the average rate of poverty reduction per year by about 28 …