No country has been able to sustain a rapid transition out of poverty without raising productivity in its agricultural … countries alike. The most important reason is new understanding that economic growth is the main vehicle for reducing poverty … extension, will determine the future role for agriculture in poverty reduction. …

Recent studies of economic inequality almost always separately examine income, consumption, and wealth inequality and … levels of wealth and find that the marginal propensity to consume is lower at higher wealth quintiles. This suggests that low-wealth … households cannot smooth consumption as much as other households do, which further implies that increasing wealth inequality …

In the USA, the share of household wealth held by the richest 1% increased from 23.5% in 1980 to 41.8% in 2012. This … the economy. This shock can simultaneously match the increase in wealth concentration and the decrease of the saving rate …

housing wealth to net wealth inequality between 2002 and 2017 in Germany by means of a factor decomposition. Further, we … differentiate by region types (urban vs. rural, large vs. small municipalities) and federal states. We find that housing wealth … explains an increasing share of income inequality; and that the wealth inequality contribution of primary residence has …

from import duties and direct taxes upon their incomes and wealth. Since total tax revenues depended on rates of tax levied …

, this higher level of savings tends to reduce wealth inequality. Also, regardless of income, women's preferences increase …

focus on its long-term mission to reduce poverty overseas. Within a few years, the new Department has established a …

Global poverty and poverty reduction are right now, more prominent public issues in high-income countries than they … have ever have been, but progress toward the eradication of global poverty is at increasingly grave risk due to global …