of disposable income inequality and poverty rose markedly between 2006 and 2009, primarily due to the introduction of a …

the redistributive effect of fiscal policy on income distribution and poverty in Brazil using household survey data that … portion of direct transfer beneficiaries are nonpoor. As a result, inequality and poverty reduction are low relative to …

This article discusses the impact of structural adjustment on poverty and inequality and overall social welfare in … Pakistan over the adjustment decade (1988–99) based on household surveys. It provides an indepth analysis of poverty during … incidence of poverty has increased and the real wages of both skilled and unskilled labour fell sharply. Overall, the likely …

This article attempts to analyse the impact of economic growth on poverty reduction in Indonesia during the New Order … programmes for poverty reduction. The paper addresses some long-standing questions in development economics. First, does data … from Indonesia support the notion that growth is good for the poor? Second, does growth in agriculture matter for poverty …

Despite of the fact that poverty is one of the major issues concerning policy makers, it has received less attention … explore the nexus between growth in services sector of Pakistan and its poverty reducing impact. A time series data ranging … indicate that growth in wholesale and retail trade and the ownership of dwelling reduce poverty only in the short run. Growth …

levels of nutrition and rural poverty in the state, and finds a slowdown in these parameters. We contend that the neoliberal … agenda of uncontrolled, outward-looking growth does not result in reduction of poverty or malnourishment. The policy …

-held hypothesis that poverty compels children to work. The analysis of links between adult employment and child labor also lends …

the Urban Poverty Project (UPP), an ongoing World Bank/Indonesian government urban anti-poverty initiative in Northern …