This case study examines to what extent Bolivia has been able to achieve pro-poor growth, what the mechanisms of achieving (or failing to achieve) pro-poor growth have been, and what options are available to ensure higher rates of pro-poor growth. The analysis focuses on the period from 1989 to...

This article illustrates changing growth regimes in Uganda from pro-poor growth in the 1990s to growth without poverty reduction, actually even a slight increase in poverty, after 2000. Not surprisingly, we find that good agricultural performance is the key determinant of direct pro-poor growth...

This paper addresses the question of whether the Bolivian gas boom of the 1990s has bypassed large parts of the poor population, thereby leading to increasing inequalities in an already unequal society. Using a Computable General Equilibrium model that is sequentially linked to a microsimulation...

Mikrounternehmen dominieren die mexikanische Wirtschafts und sind die wichtigsten Beschäftigungs- und Einkommensanbieter von Menschen, die von Armut bedroht sind. Diese Doktorarbeit untersucht die wirtschaftliche Leistungsfähigkeit von Mikrounternehmen im Bezug auf die wirtschaftliche...