"Prevailing measures of relative poverty put an implausibly high weight on relative deprivation, such that measured … poverty does not fall when all incomes grow at the same rate. This stems from the (implicit) assumption in past measures that … roles of certain private expenditures in poor settings and with data on national poverty lines. The authors propose a new …

Development Plan (PDP). The PDP details the vision of inclusive growth and poverty reduction that underlies the social contract …

of chronic poverty, entrenched income inequality, and most troubling one of the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in the … in order to reduce poverty. In this report concludes that it is possible for Lesotho to reduce poverty and to continue …

China's progress in poverty reduction over the last 25 years is enviable. One cannot fail to be impressed by what this … vast nation of 1.3 billion people has achieved in so little time. In terms of a wide range of indicators, the progress has … been remarkable. Poverty in terms of income and consumption has been dramatically reduced. Progress has also been …

China's progress in poverty reduction over the last 25 years is enviable. One cannot fail to be impressed by what this … vast nation of 1.3 billion people has achieved in so little time. In terms of a wide range of indicators, the progress has … been remarkable. Poverty in terms of income and consumption has been dramatically reduced. Progress has also been …

In the past three decades, the Philippines has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty. Driven by high growth … rates and structural transformation, the poverty rate fell by two-thirds, from 49.2 percent in 1985 to 16.7 percent in 2018 … core findings from background analyses of the patterns of inequality and poverty and provides policy pointers. The analysis …

The purpose of this poverty assessment is to shine a new light on poverty, inequality, and its drivers in Costa Rica …. The report provides a descriptive overview of poverty trends in the country and examines why the poorest do not reap the … all. It is important to mention at the outset that the analysis presented in this report was completed at the time the …