the world's freshwater supplies go to agriculture; in South Asia, agriculture uses over 90%. On-farm greenhouse gas …; in Asia, during the same period, on-farm GHG emissions grew by 27%, from 2.5 to 3.2 GtCO2e. All of this puts agriculture … eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, with the specific goals of halving the proportions of both undernourished and malnourished …

Building on the recent literature on finance, growth and hunger, we have examined the experience of Asian countries … finance - defined as private credit by banks - on growth of GDP and agricultural value added. Private credit as well as loans … appear to have a negative impact on poverty. Our empirical evidence shows that growth performance was significantly lower …

the world's freshwater supplies go to agriculture; in South Asia, agriculture uses over 90%. On-farm greenhouse gas …; in Asia, during the same period, on-farm GHG emissions grew by 27%, from 2.5 to 3.2 GtCO2e. All of this puts agriculture … eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, with the specific goals of halving the proportions of both undernourished and malnourished …

relationship between inequality and growth, the role of agriculture in the development process, the relationships between ethnicity …This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the … empirical evidence about inequality during the colonial period as well as the post-independence era. Then it discusses the …

more by weather shocks because they face more constraints in diversifying out of agriculture. Our results also reveal … subtle insights into the relationships between gender and poverty. …

significantly the prospects of achieving MDG 1 of halving poverty in Asia and the Pacific Region. As more than a few countries in … agricultural ODA, expenditure or investment to halve poverty. Although the share of agriculture in GDP has declined, our analysis … poverty threshold of US$1.25 per day (at 2005 PPP) for assessing progress towards MDG1 is not so compelling now. Accordingly …

its great success in poverty reduction, China has witnessed rapidly increasing income inequality which only began to …

The majority of the world's poor, by income poverty and multi-dimensional poverty, now live in countries officially … ending aid. In light of this, this paper considers two competing perspectives on this changing pattern of global poverty: the … mutually exclusive, is that global poverty is gradually in the process of 'nationalizing', at least in terms of resources …

In very poor countries, inequality often means that a small part of the population maintains living standards far above … the rest. This is also true for educational inequality in Mozambique: only a small segment of the population has access to … good quality. This study investigates inequality in past attainment, in current school access, and learning or educational …