poverty in Albania. Strong economic growth and large inflow of remittances are at the center of this impressive achievement …. However, low productivity of predominantly small family farms has put a drag on rural growth prospects. Moreover, Ndihma … only a modest impact on poverty reduction. As a result of these developments, the poor are mostly rural residents, low …

to achieve sustainable development and poverty reduction. Despite its rapid urban growth, Africa is less than halfway …Urbanization is the single most important transformation that the African continent will undergo this century. More … than half of Africa's population will live in its cities by 2040. In the face of rapid urbanization, there is a narrow …

Ethiopia in the decade up to 2005 has been characterized by robust growth rates of the urban economy, where a still … product (GDP) (53 percent in 2002/03) and to explain a significant part of its growth. Only an estimated 12.6 percent of the … poor live in urban areas and the overwhelming concentration of poverty in rural areas seem unlikely to be reversed in the …

This report shows that after a decade of moderate growth but little or no long term change in rural poverty in Pakistan … and poverty reduction. Nonetheless, Pakistan has made important strides in the last several years to promote rural growth … and poverty reduction. The study concludes that a comprehensive rural growth and poverty reduction strategy is needed …

This report is part of an ongoing project to understand poverty, growth, and human development in Pakistan. It argues … that if the country does not close its social gap, its long-term ability to grow economically, alleviate poverty, and … understand Pakistan's inability to take sufficient advantage of the growth that it has enjoyed in the past, to attract investment …

public services. Yet, the urban-rural distinctions need to be seen as a continuum, where depth and characteristics of poverty … vary with settlement size. The objective of this report is to inform the design of urban poverty interventions. It is … understand better the dimensions of urban poverty. Chapter 2 considers the relationship between urban poverty and macroeconomic …

vulnerable, and economic growth has not translated into widespread poverty reduction. With a GDP per capita of US$280, and social … broad-based and healthy growth rates, sufficient to enable the rural sector to continue contributing significantly to rural …-poor agriculture and rural development strategy. Part III discusses cross-cutting issues affecting the delivery of results, as well as …

China's progress in poverty reduction over the last 25 years is enviable. One cannot fail to be impressed by what this … been remarkable. Poverty in terms of income and consumption has been dramatically reduced. Progress has also been … stage of development than it was at the dawn of the economic reforms at the beginning of the 1980s. China's poverty …

China's progress in poverty reduction over the last 25 years is enviable. One cannot fail to be impressed by what this … been remarkable. Poverty in terms of income and consumption has been dramatically reduced. Progress has also been … stage of development than it was at the dawn of the economic reforms at the beginning of the 1980s. China's poverty …

China's progress in poverty reduction over the last 25 years is enviable. One cannot fail to be impressed by what this … been remarkable. Poverty in terms of income and consumption has been dramatically reduced. Progress has also been … stage of development than it was at the dawn of the economic reforms at the beginning of the 1980s. China's poverty …