While the countries of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union have made significant progress in reducing poverty in … the past five years, poverty and vulnerability remain significant problems. More than 60 million are poor and more than … 150 million are vulnerable. Growth, Poverty, and Inequality examines these important issues and recommends that public …

growing inequalities. Third, problems of poverty and exclusion are addressed. Fourth, it is addressed if any known model of … redistribution emerged in the post-transition economies. Fifth, consequences of the populist turn in European policies are being …

The paper uses a range of methods to assess changes in income, poverty and income distribution between 2001 and 2002 in …, both income poverty and inequality have decreased significantly and growth has been 'pro-poor', which is explained by … changes in inequality accounting for almost all the changes in poverty. The elasticity of poverty with respect to both growth …

The World Bank has recently defined two strategic goals: ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. Shared …

The main purpose of the book is the analysis of income inequality and poverty in a comparative context. The book … contains articles on the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Russia under transition. Western European countries which are …, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and United Kingdom. Objective as well as subjective approaches for measurement of poverty are used …