Poverty and income inequality remain a stubborn challenge in Asia and the Pacific despite the region’s rapid economic … expansion in previous decades, which lifted millions out of poverty. Financial inclusion is often considered as a critical … between financial inclusion, poverty, and income inequality at the country level will help policymakers design and implement …

In this paper, we analyze the effect of US economic sanctions on the target countries’ poverty gap during the period … are indeed affecting the wrong people as we observe a 2.3–5.1 percentage points (pp) larger poverty gap in sanctioned … assets, or embargoes on most or all economic activity are particularly detrimental and lead to an increase in the poverty gap …

This paper documents and explains the evolution of monetary poverty in Bolivia during the period 1999-2011. First, we … find a significant reduction in both, extreme and moderate, poverty. During the period under analysis, extreme poverty … headcount, gap and severity have reduced in 55%, 67% and 73%; while moderate poverty headcount, gap and severity have reduced in …

forest cover change and alleviate poverty. We examine protected areas in the Peruvian Amazon using high-resolution satellite …

Intergenerational inequality and old-age poverty are salient issues in contemporary China. China’s aging population …

(ESAM I and ESAM II) and the Survey of Poverty Monitoring in Senegal (ESPS). The analysis was carried out using four tools … and growth rate equivalent to poverty. We find that growth was absolute pro-poor and not relative pro-poor in Senegal from …