substantial and extensive. The same cannot be said on the relationship between financial development and poverty reduction … relationship between the capital account dimension of financial liberalisation and poverty for developing countries for the period … alleviate poverty, and also whether the extent to which capital account liberalisation affects poverty depends on the quality of …

work has been done to analyze comprehensively the relationship between financial liberalization and poverty. There is still … the channels through which financial liberalization can affect poverty …

While the role of commercial banks in financing economic growth and reducing poverty and income inequality is well … poverty reduction is understudied. Understanding of the local-level variations of banking services is essential for deeper … understanding of financial inclusion and its impact on local-level poverty. To this end, we first shed light on the regional …

This paper examines the effects of financial development on income inequality and poverty. The results of both cross …-country and panel data regressions suggest that inequality and poverty are reduced not only through enhanced loan markets, but … robust determinants of both income inequality and poverty. Finally, we find evidence that government spending leads to a …

We measure area-specific human poverty in the European Union (EU) at the second level of the nomenclature of … territorial units for statistics (NUTS 2). We construct a regional human poverty index (RHPI), which comprises four dimensions … regarding the relative standing of a given country with respect to its level of poverty and shows the variability of poverty …

This paper examines the link between poverty and income, on the one hand, and human capital and location, on the other … household head to the education of the most educated member. The paper finds poverty to be most severe and persistent for … perpetuating poverty. …

welfare indicators, in particular poverty. We also found that horizontal inequality does matter for poverty reduction in Viet … Nam and it needs more attention when designing poverty policies in the future. …

inequality relate to changes in consumption and poverty. In addition, we examine whether there has been convergence in inequality … and median consumption expenditure increased. At the same time, poverty incidence and severity increased precipitously … regions in consumption or poverty levels. We also find that durable goods expenditures are the biggest contributor to …

This paper investigates the effect of firm-level investment on the levels of income inequality and poverty. Using a …-level investment is also negatively related to several measures of poverty. Overall, our results indicate that firm-level capital … reducing inequality and poverty. Our results may also be beneficial to policy makers as they consider a variety of regulatory …