poverty indicators of Bahia are worse than in other countries with similar per-capita income is because of income inequality …

poverty and inequality. He finds that growth represents an important means for reducing poverty in the developing world. When … inequality. In the data set income inequality rises on average less than 1.0 percent a year. Since income distributions are …

evaluation of the impact of a series of pro-growth policies on inequality and headcount poverty. He relies on a large … the policies under consideration on growth, inequality, and poverty. The author's findings indicate that regardless of … their impact on inequality, pro-growth policies lead to lower poverty levels in the long run. However, he also finds …

inequality. Although it highlights the importance of inequality reduction, it appears to be too general to be of much use for …

Do the poor face the same prospects for escaping poverty in high-inequality developing countries as in low-inequality … countries? Is it possible for inequality to be so great as to stifle prospects of reducing absolute poverty, even when other … distribution does affect how much the poor share in rising average incomes. Higher initial inequality tends to reduce growth …

). Rising inequality within the rural sector greatly slowed poverty reduction. Provinces starting with relatively high … inequality saw slower progress against poverty, due both to lower growth and a lower growth elasticity of poverty reduction …