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Theory and methods of Poverty Analysis
(2001-08)
The literature on poverty evolved rapidly over the last two decades. Particularly, the body of work in the area of the measurement Introduction of poverty grew substantially following Sen's (1976) seminal paper. We can ...
Policies for growth and poverty reduction in Africa: how to reach the millennium development goals
(2006-03)
The rest of the paper is organized as follows: Section 2 presents the reports of the UN Millennium Commission and the Commission
for Africa. Section 3 describes the diversity of the development challenge in different ...
A methodological note on measuring poverty: Poverty profiles
(2005)
For policy-makers the fundamental question is how can poverty be measured, analysed, and represented in order to efficiently target poverty reduction measures. Decision-makers often find themselves with a choice of different ...
Pro-Poor Growth Strategies in Africa : Prospects for 'Pro-Poor' Growth in Africa
(2003-09)
This paper examines trends in income distribution and its linkages
with economic growth and poverty reduction in order to understand
the prospect for achieving poverty reduction in Africa. We
examine the levels and ...