This paper provides a brief and selective overview of research on the links between macroeconomic policies and poverty … reduction. Using the Human Development Index as a measure of well-being, the progress made by 100 countries during 1975-98 is …

macroeconomic determinants, on poverty levels using both the U.S. official measure of poverty and an estimated time series of Sen … indices of poverty. The results reveal that the period of robust economic expansion that the U.S. economy experienced during … the 1990s did not have a significant impact on poverty using either measure. In addition, we find that the impact of …

This paper provides a brief and selective overview of research on the links between macroeconomic policies and poverty … reduction. Using the Human Development Index as a measure of well-being, the progress made by 100 countries during 1975–98 is …