inequality in one transition economy which experienced fast growth and fast poverty reduction over a short period of time. The … long-run, growth reduces poverty. Yet, growth in output - per se - is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for … purpose is to test what is behind this simple covariance that led observers to conclude that output growth determined poverty …

In general, most countries of the former Eastern bloc have experienced poor growth performance and large increases in … income inequality during the transition process. The most obvious success story in the process of transition to date has been … Poland, which has outstripped other transition economies in terms of growth performance, while at the same time experiencing …

conditioning on a variety of country-level factors that may matter for growth and inequality changes. This evidence confirms the … central importance of economic growth for poverty reduction and illustrates the difficulty of identifying specific … also small relative to the variation in growth in average incomes, implying that the latter accounts for most of the …

dialogue aimed at poverty and inequality reduction and inclusive growth. In this paper, we establish the current state of … various dimensions of gender inequalities and their past dynamics in the countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan …, and Ukraine), and propose steps aimed at reducing those inequalities in the context of inclusive growth, decent job …

associated with the process of transition has led to substantial increases in inequality, thereby complicating the process of … income inequality in Poland during the transition was actually quite modest. Our analysis indicates that social transfers … played an important role in attenuating the rise in overall income inequality and, by extension, in maintaining the social …

restructuring, have fueled the growth in inequality within urban areas. Poverty levels, however, are very low. We find that spatial … agricultural income from the mid-1990s onward. Poverty persists, and tied in part to slow growth in agricultural commodity prices …This paper provides an overview of the evolution of income inequality in China from 1987 to 2002, employing three …

conditioning on a variety of country-level factors that may matter for growth and inequality changes. This evidence confirms the … central importance of economic growth for poverty reduction and illustrates the difficulty of identifying specific … also small relative to the variation in growth in average incomes, implying that the latter accounts for most of the …

years if underlying global trends relating to growth, trade, inequality and environmental pressures prevail. For example …, global growth is likely to slow and become increasingly dependent on knowledge and technology, while the economic costs of … transform into rising income inequality, the ability of governments to cushion this impact may be limited, as rising trade …

In the last decades there has been increased interest in studying the impact of inequality on growth. Most of the … recent literature points to a negative impact of inequality on future growth but there are also models that argue in favor of … a positive relationship or a non linear one. A possible channel through which inequality may impact on growth comes from …

fact to identify the impact of opening a rural bank on poverty and output. Our estimates suggest that the Indian rural … branch expansion program significantly lowered rural poverty, and increased non-agricultural output. …