trend in poverty headcount rate from 41.8% in 1996 to 30.9% in 2004 and 25.2% in 2011. This result is attributed to labour … conventional IG explanation highlights the contribution of remittances to household income and poverty reduction. However …

consumption distribution, poverty and inequality for the world and specific country aggregates. …

While the poverty reductions in the Philippines in 2012–2018 are modest compared to what Vietnam, China or Indonesia … decomposition of poverty and inequality in 2000–2018 using official national household surveys. We find the growth since 2012 …, unlike before, was consistently pro-poor. Moreover, growth and redistribution aligned after 2012 to reduce poverty, whereas …

This paper estimates the potential distributional consequences of the first phase of the COVID-19 lockdowns on poverty … poverty and labour income inequality. We find an increase in poverty and labour income inequality in most of the LAC countries …