on poverty. It finds that growth has been increasingly driven by higher factor productivity and that a continuation of … since 1995 has resulted in a significant decline of poverty and that prospects are favorable for Tanzania to attain its … objectives for reducing income poverty by 2015 …

This survey of the recent literature asks: how important is trade policy for poverty reduction? We consider the effects … of openness on poverty in two components: the effect of openness on average income growth, and the effect on distribution … of growth and poverty reduction. Trade openness has important positive spillovers on other aspects of reform, however, so …

Growth is pro-poor if the poverty measure of interest falls. This implies three potential sources of pro-poor growth …: (a) a high rate of growth of average incomes; (b) a high sensitivity of poverty to growth in average incomes; and (c) a … poverty-reducing pattern of growth in relative incomes. I empirically decompose changes in poverty in a large sample of …

This paper discusses key findings of the 2005 Status Report on Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) on Niger. The …

This paper discusses key findings of the 2004 Status Report on Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Niger. The …

Poverty risk is most marked for children, displaced persons and returnees, unemployed, and people with low education …

The paper provides an assessment of poverty and inequality on the basis of the data gathered from the most recent … discussed. Finally, this study covers financing, implementation, and monitoring of the poverty reduction strategy. The growth …

This report is based on the progress of the Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Program (EDPRP) in Georgia. It …

The new generation Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) describes the policies and programs that the country intends …. The low level of poverty reduction is owed to poor control of population growth and inadequate growth rate of the Malian …