It has been argued that the potential gains of community-driven development (CDD) poverty programs are large as these … can foster sustained poverty reduction. However, recent literature shows that community involvement can increase the risk … programs. Using community and household data from the Second Urban Poverty Project in Indonesia, we find robust evidence for …

It has been argued that the potential gains of community-driven development (CDD) poverty programs are large as these … can foster sustained poverty reduction. However, recent literature shows that community involvement can increase the risk … programs. Using community and household data from the Second Urban Poverty Project in Indonesia, we find robust evidence for …

Pro-poor growth has been identified as one of the most promising pathways to accelerate poverty reduction in developing … that take into account the extraordinary importance of agricultural productivity for poverty reduction in developing …

It has been argued that the potential gains of community-driven development (CDD) poverty programs are large as these … can foster sustained poverty reduction. However, recent literature shows that community involvement can increase the risk … programs. Using community and household data from the Second Urban Poverty Project in Indonesia, we find robust evidence for …

This paper examines the significance of the time path of a given productivity increase on growth and inequality … consequences for wealth and income distribution. Hence, the growth–inequality tradeoff generated by a given discrete increase in … Kuznets-type relationship between inequality and per-capita income. Our results suggest that economies with similar aggregate …

We examine the drivers of inequality change in Honduras between 1991-2007, trying to understand why inequality …, we document first rising inequality between 1991-2005, which is followed by falling inequality thereafter. Using an … inequality decomposition technique, we show that the rising inequality between 1991 and 2005 was, for the most part, driven by …

, income, and welfare. Government investment increases wealth inequality over time, regardless of its financing. The time path … of income inequality is, however, highly sensitive to financing policies, and is often characterized by sharp … intertemporal tradeoffs, with income inequality declining in the short run but increasing in the long run. Public investment …

We examine the determinants of income inequality and mobility in a Ramsey model with elastic labor supply. Individuals …

(MDGs) or any subsequent set of goals aiming to reduce poverty worldwide. Related research has developed a multitude of … importance of agriculture for poverty reduction in developing countries. The toolbox is then applied to two comparable household … the income, but also in the education and health dimension of poverty, which was in many cases even pro-poor in the …