Growth
- Assessing the potential impact of an increase in fuel tax in Mozambique
- V. Nhate; A. Fransisco; B. O'Laughlin; K. Nicholson / PRSP Monitoring and Synthesis Project, 2003
- This study considers the impact of a possible rise in fuel tax in Mozambique, which is bound to increase poverty and analyses the magnitude of this effect. In terms of a producer response, it argues that some economic activities are m...
- Poverty and social impact assessment pilot on Uganda’s Strategic Export Initiative
- David Booth; D. Kasente; G. Mavrotas; G. Mugambe; A. Muwonge / PRSP Monitoring and Synthesis Project, 2003
- This study is based on the Strategic Export Initiative (STRATEX) in Uganda, which aims to promote increased export earnings, reduced aid dependency and reduced poverty (relating to exports in coffee, tea, livestock, fish, cotton, hort...
- Poverty and social impact assessment (PSIA): demonstrations of an increase in public expenditure in Rwanda
- J. Mackinnon; L. Rugwabiza; A. Thomson; I. Hakizinka / PRSP Monitoring and Synthesis Project, 2003
- This study of Rwanda's PSIA addresses a poverty and social impact analysis of macroeconomic projections exploring the impact of expenditure programmes subsequent public spending asset out in the countrys' PRSP. The evidence for the ke...
- How valid are global poverty estimates?
- J. Vandemoortele / World Bank, 2002
- This paper questions whether $1 per day is a valid poverty norm whether poverty trends for China are an enigma; and whether statistical validity can be mistaken for truth. It draws the attention to the risk of ‘misplaced concrete...
- Can the benefits of trade reform be shared more equitably with the poor in Lao PDR?
- G. Fane / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2003
- This paper analyses the policies that the government in LAO PDR is currently proposing as a means of ensuring that benefits of further opening of the economy are more equally shared. The author argues that opening an economy to intern...
- How have South Asia's poor faired in the globalised world order?
- S Jayasuriya / Global Development Network, 2002
- Has globalisation in South Asian countries increased their rate of economic growth, reduced absolute poverty, and/or increased inequality? This paper reviews South Asia’s recent performance in growth, poverty and equity, focussin...
- New data finds that a 10% increase in economic growth will produce a 25.9% decrease in the proportion of people living in poverty.
- R. H. Adams / World Bank, 2003
- This report uses new data from 50 developing countries and 101 intervals to examine the impact of economic growth on poverty and inequality. It finds that growth represents an important means for reducing poverty in the developing wor...
- How trade liberalisation can improve the poverty situation in Colombia
- M. Bussolo; J. Lay / OECD Development Centre, 2003
- This paper uses a new method of assessing the final impact of globalisation on poverty, combining a micro-simulation model and a standard CGE model. It uses this framework to analyse the important income distribution and poverty chang...
- Korean economic growth is more pro-poor than Thailand's
- N. Kakwania; K. Shahidur; H. Sonc Hyun / World Bank, 2002
- This paper looks into the interrelationship between economic growth, inequality and poverty. Through the idea of pro-poor growth, this study examines to the extent to which the poor benefit from economic growth. It develops an ...
- Ways for business to play a greater role in eliminating poverty
- J. Shankleman; S. Selby / Resource Centre for the Social Dimensions of Business Practice, UK, 2001
- Report from a discussion, workshop and Tanzania case study. Emerging finding include: The major impact of poverty on business is the way it limits the size of the market for goods and services. Prahalad and Hart talk o...
- How have South Asia's poor faired in the globalised world order?
- S Jayasuriya / Global Development Network, 2002
- Has globalisation in South Asian countries increased their rate of economic growth, reduced absolute poverty, and/or increased inequality? This paper reviews South Asia’s recent performance in growth, poverty and equity, focussin...
- New data finds that a 10% increase in economic growth will produce a 25.9% decrease in the proportion of people living in poverty.
- R. H. Adams / World Bank, 2003
- This report uses new data from 50 developing countries and 101 intervals to examine the impact of economic growth on poverty and inequality. It finds that growth represents an important means for reducing poverty in the developing wor...
- How trade liberalisation can improve the poverty situation in Colombia
- M. Bussolo; J. Lay / OECD Development Centre, 2003
- This paper uses a new method of assessing the final impact of globalisation on poverty, combining a micro-simulation model and a standard CGE model. It uses this framework to analyse the important income distribution and poverty chang...
- Korean economic growth is more pro-poor than Thailand's
- N. Kakwania; K. Shahidur; H. Sonc Hyun / World Bank, 2002
- This paper looks into the interrelationship between economic growth, inequality and poverty. Through the idea of pro-poor growth, this study examines to the extent to which the poor benefit from economic growth. It develops an ...
- Ways for business to play a greater role in eliminating poverty
- J. Shankleman; S. Selby / Resource Centre for the Social Dimensions of Business Practice, UK, 2001
- Report from a discussion, workshop and Tanzania case study. Emerging finding include: The major impact of poverty on business is the way it limits the size of the market for goods and services. Prahalad and Hart talk o...
- No negative impacts from trade liberalisation
- J. Friedman / World Bank, 2000
- Looks at potential impacts on the poor and non-poor in Indonesia of the commodity price changes which may be caused by proposed trade liberalizations. A general equilibrium global trade model (as used by the Global Trade Analys...
- Multilateral trade liberalisation reduced poverty
- T.W. Hertel; P.V. Preckel; J.A.L. Cranfield / Federal Agricultural Research Centre, Germany, 2000
- This study assesses the likely impacts of trade liberalisation on the incidence of poverty. The study attempts to maintain a multi-country focus on liberalisation by comparing experience in 5 countries (Thailand, Zambia, India ) ...
- Analysing the determinants of growth and poverty changes during a period of economic reform in Ethiopia
- S. Dercon / Department of Economics, University of Oxford, 2001
- Using micro-level panel data from villages in rural Ethiopia, this paper uses standard decompositions of income changes and develops a new decomposition of poverty changes to analyse the determinants of growth and poverty changes duri...
- Tracking low incomes using general means
- J. E. Foster / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2001
- Proposes the use of an alternative methodology to track low incomes based on 'equally distributed income' functions (called 'general means' here). The method is based on a comparison of growth rates for two standards of living: the or...
- World Growth
- World growth organisation bringing balance to the debate over trade, globalisation, and sustainable development
- Africa Commission
- Danish Africa Commission to improve economic growth and emplyment
- Research-inspired Policy and Practice Learning in Ethiopia and the Nile Region (RiPPLE)
- A focus on water supply and sanitation challenges in Ethiopia
- The Prosperity Initiative (PI)
- Eradicating poverty through market forces
- Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI)
- Economic research centre at the University of Oxford
