The target of official development assistance (ODA) is generally focused on international poverty reduction, and the … latest performance of aid in reducing income poverty deserves attention. This paper matches data from 24 sub-Saharan African … countries to test the poverty reduction effects of aid led by Western developed countries in the region. The results of the …

This paper examines the linkage between financial liberalization, economic growth and poverty reduction in Sub … positively associated with poverty reduction and financial liberalization coefficients are positively related to economic growth … are not significant in the poverty equation, which suggests that financial liberalization does not have direct impact on …

Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have shown strong signs of growth resilience in … benefited the top quintile during PRSP implementation. It finds that PRSP implementation has neither reduced poverty headcount … successful in reducing poverty and increasing the income share of the poor, there is no conclusive evidence that PRSP …

A recent publication by the World Bank on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has established that extreme poverty has … growth resurgence. This chapter explores the role of transfer pricing in SSA's extreme poverty tragedy. The analytical … high levels of exclusive growth and extreme poverty, (iii) the practice of transfer pricing by multinationals operating in …

The report analyses the contribution to date of agricultural water management to poverty reduction and growth in the in … which increased investment in agricultural water management could make a sustainable contribution to further poverty … and paths to poverty reduction through agricultural growth. The second to fifth chapters contain a regional diagnostic …

. The Labour Market in Sub Saharan Africa -- 7. Poverty, Jobs and Growth: The Primary Policy Agenda for SSA -- 8. A Policy … Agenda for the way forward in Poverty, Jobs and Growth in Sub Saharan Africa. … growth, employment and poverty outcomes. Rather than taking this as a conceptual downside, these constraints to growth and …