This paper  provides an assessment of economic growth, employment and poverty reduction in the Arab MENA region …. Considering the high rate of unemployment (especially the youth unemployment) and poverty in most countries in the region … employment and poverty impacts of growth are of particular concern to policy makers. In the short run for employment growth to be …

and ranges of poverty lines. We then provide statistical procedures that rely on the use of sample data to infer whether …

A method is proposed to provide robust poverty comparisons and robust evaluations of marginal policy reforms under …

KwaZulu Natal provinces, of the effectiveness of public works programmes in solving the problems of unemployment and poverty … beneficiaries who are poorer, almost all women and, in majority, household heads. Though the wages paid make a significant … KwaZulu Natal, in which beneficiaries are selected by their communities on grounds of poverty, is more effective as a means of …

Laos is a mountainous country with poor roads and a high rate of poverty incidence, especially in rural areas. It is … obvious that better roads could reduce poverty, but by how much? And what forms of road improvement reduce poverty the most … equilibrium modeling approach to study these issues. The results indicate that road improvement does reduce poverty but that the …