urbanization patterns differ substantially, with some countries fostering migration out of agriculture into rural off farm … middle (the rural nonfarm economy and secondary towns) yields more inclusive growth patterns and faster poverty reduction …As countries develop, they restructure away from agriculture and urbanize. But structural transformation and …

This paper analyzes poverty in Haiti based on the first Living Conditions Survey of 7,186 households covering the whole … country and representative at the regional level. Using a USD1 a day extreme poverty line, the analysis reveals that 49 … percent of Haitian households live in absolute poverty. Twenty, 56, and 58 percent of households in metropolitan, urban, and …

economic development. They link reduced levels of poverty, and inequality to a high degree of internal village organization … significantly reduce inequality in participating households. SAMs are a fusion of long-standing development committees, and … goals of growth, with the values of equity, and solidarity. 2) Current development approaches use growth as an initiator …

their way out of poverty. After discussing links between poverty, economic growth, and trade, he reports modeling results … prices in international markets, whether China's WTO accession will provide an example of trade reform aggravating poverty by … way of cuts in prices received by Chinese farmers, and the impact on food security and poverty alleviation. …

This paper analyzes poverty in rural and semi-urban areas of Mexico (localities with less than 2,500 and 15 …,000 inhabitants, respectively) and provides guidance on a social agenda and poverty alleviation strategy for rural Mexico. The … analyses are based on INIGH and ENE data sets for 1992-2002. Monetary extreme poverty affected 42 percent of the rural dwellers …

The authors assess the implications of multilateral trade reforms for poverty in China. They do so by combining results … possible Doha Development Agenda reforms. Using the World Bank's $2 a day poverty line, the authors find that multilateral … trade reforms do in fact reduce poverty in China. The biggest reductions occur in the rural areas-largely as a result of …

/4-2010 shows that about one in two individuals/households who exited poverty did so by transitioning from agriculture into the … rural nonfarm economy or secondary towns. Only one in seven exited poverty by migrating to a large city, although those … moving to a city experienced on average faster consumption growth. Further analysis of a much larger cross-country panel of …

of China's WTO accession. The results suggest farm-nonfarm and Western-Eastern income inequality may well rise in China … but rural-urban income inequality need not. The authors conclude with some policy suggestions for alleviating any pockets … of farm household poverty that may emerge as a result of WTO accession …