the past three decades than those starting out richer, as initial poverty retards growth and makes it less effective in … initial poverty incidences decline over time. Our analysis also finds initial poverty as having little direct effect on growth … in LDCs, except in SSA where higher initial poverty is associated with faster growth. …

consumption distribution, poverty and inequality for the world and specific country aggregates. …

consumption distribution, poverty, and inequality for the world and specific country aggregates. …

Since 1994, a great deal has been accomplished. We argue that poverty reduction was temporarily sidelined in the 2000s …. A series of shocks, especially the fuel and food price crisis of 2008, combined with poor productivity growth in … agriculture and a weather shock, undermined progress in measured consumption poverty. We expect progress in poverty reduction to …

The aim of this article is to synthesize the various views of gender inequality and various indicators used to measure … neoclassical as well as the institutions and markets advancement are not sufficient to explain gender inequality. The political … gender gaps. Growth models that are institutionally blind completely leaves out the impact that social institutions such as …

one gets about trends in the level and inequality of living standards in the UK when using consumption, and when one adds …

A considerable part of the poverty that is measured in a single period is transitory rather than persistent. In most … into and out of poverty should be the main focus of anti-poverty policies. Understanding the characteristics of the … persistently poor, and the circumstances and mechanisms associated with entry into and exit from poverty, can help to inform …

The majority of the world's poor, by income poverty and multi-dimensional poverty, now live in countries officially … ending aid. In light of this, this paper considers two competing perspectives on this changing pattern of global poverty: the … mutually exclusive, is that global poverty is gradually in the process of 'nationalizing', at least in terms of resources …

This chapter reviews the empirical evidence on the levels and trends in income/consumption inequality and poverty in … discussion of their determinants. There has been tremendous progress in the measurement of inequality and poverty in the … developing countries. It includes a discussion of data sources and measurement issues, evidence on the levels of inequality and …

Surveys (DHS) which lack information on incomes. This makes an analysis of trends and determinants of poverty and inequality … poverty and inequality in Bolivia. … paper, we adjust a technique developed for poverty mapping exercises to link urban household income surveys with DHS data to …