Global deregulation of current and capital account is often touted as successful means to reduce poverty and inequality …, income inequality between countries grows, the absolute number of people living in poverty increases, and poverty rate …

and unambiguously assert that trade openness is conducive to growth and poverty reduction, the preponderance of evidence … supports this conclusion. However, the majority of empirical studies also show that the impact of trade on growth and poverty …

and growth, and growth and poverty. We contribute to this literature by exploring the relationships between inequality …, trade liberalisation, growth and poverty in a sample of exclusively developing countries. We find moderately robust evidence … evidence that inequality, growth or trade liberalisation are significant determinants of cross-country variations in poverty …