and poverty. We find that wealth inequality reduces economic growth, but when we control for the fact that some …, while politically unconnected wealth inequality, income inequality and initial poverty have no significant effect …

and poverty. We find that wealth inequality reduces economic growth, but when we control for the fact that some …, while politically unconnected wealth inequality, income inequality, and initial poverty have no significant effect …

increased urban poverty. Using a large repeated cross-section household survey data from 1986 to 2000, this study maps out the … change in income, inequality, and poverty over the 15 year period and investigates the determinants of poverty. It is found … that the increase in the poverty rate in the 1990s is associated with the increase in the relative food price, and the need …

persistence of poverty and possible aggregate economic inefficiencies. We propose a microeconomic formalization of one possible … definition of poverty and of the behaviour of poor and rich agents. Poverty is defined as lack of or low societal participation …, which is source of both a direct private benefit and an indirect gain. Analysing poverty under the individual rational …

Putting the combat against poverty to the fore as the main objective of the development process has raised the issue of … the linkage between economic growth, inequality and poverty. There is now a growing agreement that both the rate and the … distributional impact of growth are important in fighting poverty. This means that pro-poorness of a given growth rate is more …

Many empirical studies have shown that economic growth generally leads to a drop in poverty. These studies have also … pointed out that a given growth rate is compatible with a large range of outcomes in terms of poverty reduction. This means … that growth is more pro-poor in certain cases than in others. Using complete and partial poverty orderings, this paper …