This paper examines three possible approaches to pro-poor growth. The first one assumes that the poverty line remains … constant in real terms over time. The second perspective examines the case where the poverty line is equal to half the median … of the income distribution but assumes that such a poverty line is determined exogenously. Finally the authors also …

This paper deals with the experience gained in the area of poverty reduction and private sector development in Georgia …. The Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Programme approved by the President of Georgia in 2003 has never been … populist rather than practical. Poverty reduction may be achieved as a result of co-ordinated efforts of the government and the …

Measuring poverty in the Pacific is important to keep poor people on the policy agenda, to design effective policies … poverty, ranging from a narrow focus on adequate calorie consumption through to broader concepts of capabilities. This paper … takes a practical look at how to measure one conventional indicator of poverty: income (or consumption) poverty. In doing so …

, and the Investigation Center for Development CID for is initial in Spanish, and studies some poverty and quality of life … enjoyment of rights of displaced people. The degree of right enjoyment is analyzed with regard to poverty and other welfare …

Inequality and poverty fell sharply in many Latin American countries during a decade in which voters in ten countries … econometric evidence that social democratic regimes in Brazil and Chile were more successful at reducing inequality and poverty … estimated by xed e ects). Conversely, inequality and poverty in Brazil and Chile fell to historic lows. Second, overall terms of …

As the Chilean government seeks to reduce both poverty and inequality through cash transfers to poor households, local … evidence that cash transfers had highly variable impacts on poverty and inequality at the county level in 2002. In particular … considerable reductions in poverty and inequality. In addition, the strength of the governing mandate weakly influences the …

, accompanied by accelerating poverty decline. Underlying these trends is a process of mobility, with 40–60 percent of the … poverty remain vulnerable. Most of those who are poor were also poor in the preceding period and, thus, are likely to be …

the multidimensional nature of poverty and how to measure it, then identifies aggregate indicators of the performance of … Indian states and the overall achievements and failings of India in terms of poverty alleviation. In the second half, the … article identifies what seems to be the lack of a ‘politics of poverty' in India and the various cultural, historical …