prospects as an engine of growth. Our analysis resoundingly confirms the conventional wisdom of an underperforming service …

$2 per day poverty lines. This can be attributed to faster population growth than poverty reduction. The ranking of the …Poverty reduction in the Asia and the Pacific region in 2005-2008 had been quite significant. Despite the global crisis …, an estimated 150 million people exited extreme poverty by 2008 - from 903.4 million in 2005 to 753.5 million, bringing …

recent gains in poverty reduction. The impact of higher food prices is severe—an additional 112 million people could have … escaped poverty in Asia during the late 2000s if food prices had not increased during the period. Thus, long- and shortterm … strategies are needed to ensure food security and bolster efforts at poverty reduction. Policies to enhance food security that …

This publication examines trends in growth, consumption, and inequality to construct a poverty profile for Cambodia …. Recognizing that poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon, it also explores (i) nonmonetary poverty and the Millennium Development … Goals, (ii) predictive poverty rates generated by the Commune Database, and (iii) perceptions of poverty and well-being. An …