Poverty in the developing world will decline by roughly half by 2015 if current growth trends and policies persist. But … a disproportionate share of poverty reduction will occur in East and South Asia, poverty will decline only slightly in …?More effective development aid could greatly improve poverty reduction in the areas where poverty reduction is expected to lag: Sub …

of income. They compare the effects of using headcount and poverty-gap measures of poverty.They find the actual …In the efficient allocation of aid, aid is targeted disproportionately to countries with severe poverty and adequate … policies. For a given level of poverty, aid tapers in with policy reform. In the actual allocation of aid, aid tapers out with …

lower income countries, including those among the so-called "Bottom Billion," continue to slip further behind the rest of … the world, while the numbers of those living in extreme poverty are beginning to rise again after decades of decline. The … trends. The paper identifies three confusions that can arise when analyzing trends in income convergence. First, a focus on …

More effective development aid could greatly improve poverty reduction in the areas where poverty reduction is expected …, aid flows respond to policy improvements that create a better environment for poverty reduction and effective use of aid …-that point the way to how the world could cut poverty in half in every major region. The fact that aid increases the benefits of …