for the years 1996 to 2004. We study the relationship between growth, inequality and poverty by following the Poverty …This paper analyzes the relationship between growth, poverty and income distribution using household data for Colombia … degree to which the poor benefit from the growth process. We also carry out a decomposition of the changes in poverty to …

This paper explains how to build Lorenz Curves for income distributions and discusses their use for inequality … and draw Lorenz Curves. A discussion on the use of Lorenz Curves to represent inequality is also provided. It highlights …

In Uruguay the tax structure and social spending reduce inequality and poverty for the whole society (Bucheli et al … question of our paper is whether the reduction of inequality and poverty benefit a racial group over the others or affectracial … ethnic groups equally. The three racial groups are equally likely to be taken off extreme poverty by the direct transfer …

people at the lower end of income distribution will graduate into the middle class category. The increase in poverty rates …

high and stable growth and a decline in the poverty rate. Although rising, however, inequality is low in Ghana compared … understanding of the extent and nature of inequality. From these measures, we know that inequality has been rising in Ghana despite … understanding of inequality in Ghana. To this end, we review the primary source of data for the three main Gini series on Ghana …

reach a very small proportion of the households with incomes below a relative poverty line. Furthermore, the transfers are … characterized with very high non-take up and inclusion of non-entitled or non-poor recipients. Poverty rates decrease by a small … degree among benefit clients and yet, the impact is insufficient to affect overall poverty, or for the benefits to achieve …