(1988-2008), we tell the story of this descent into hell from the standpoint of poverty and living standards. In 2008, after … five years of civil war and another episode yet to come (2010-11), the extreme US$1.25 poverty headcount had reached a …

transformed into poverty reduction. The key obstacles preventing large-scale escape from poverty are very high population growth …

This paper seeks to measure and explain changes in incomes, inequality, and poverty in Kenya. It starts from a very … income, inequality and poverty over time, and to explain why they evolved in the way they did. We relate changes in … inequality and poverty to changes in factor endowments and changes in economic and employment structures. We also provide some …

Brazil's recent growth has been intensely pro-poor, and both poverty and inequality have declined significantly in the …

. Nonetheless, poverty rates remain high and labour market activity is dominated by smallholder farming. We use recent household …

labor and education have prevented the country from reducing poverty. It also examines why the conditional cash transfer …While economic growth is important for poverty reduction, the rather stellar performance of the Philippines in economic … growth has still not translated into reduction of poverty. This is in large part due to issues pertaining to distribution …