the evidence on what interventions work, and whether stimulating employment promotes social stability. Skills training and … microfinance have shown little impact on poverty or stability, especially relative to program cost. In contrast, injections of … capital -- cash, capital goods, or livestock -- seem to stimulate self-employment and raise long term earning potential, often …

employment and earnings as a linkage between growth and poverty reduction, especially in low income countries. With the objective … of providing inputs into the policy discussion on how to enhance poverty reduction through increased employment and …

There is little doubt that economic growth contributes significantly to poverty reduction; however, countries clearly … differ in the degree to which income growth translates into reduced levels of poverty. Although cross-country estimates … suggest that differences in the responsiveness of poverty to income growth account for a small fraction of overall differences …