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Finance & Development September 2011 |
A Bigger Slice of a Growing Pie Developing the financial sector accelerates economic growth and can enhance income equality.  |
Finance & Development June 1, 2005 Baldacci et al. |
What Does It Take to Help the Poor Spending on education and health can boost human capital in poor countries and help them reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but only if governments are held accountable.  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Mahmood Hasan Khan |
Rural Poverty in Developing Countries How does rural poverty develop, what accounts for its persistence, and what specific measures can be taken to eliminate or mitigate it?  |
Finance & Development September 1, 2002 Berg & Krueger |
Lifting All Boats: Why Openness Helps Curb Poverty It is important to assess the quality of the evidence regarding the links between openness, growth, and poverty reduction. This article provides a critical survey of recent studies.  |
Finance & Development March 1, 2006 Pattillo, Gupta & Carey |
Growing Pains With Africa's growth finally picking up, the challenge is to accelerate and sustain the pace to reduce poverty.  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2005 Saavedra & Arias |
Stuck in a Rut Avenues for combating persistent poverty and inequality in Latin America.  |
Scientific American April 2007 Jeffrey D. Sachs |
Rapid Victories Against Extreme Poverty Asia's Green Revolution shows how focused steps taken now could rapidly put the poorest poor on a self-sustaining course to productivity and health.  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Nora Lustig & Nicholas Stern |
Broadening the Agenda for Poverty Reduction: Opportunity, Empowerment, Security Experience from the 1990s has led to a poverty reduction agenda that, in addition to promoting economic growth, addresses ingrained inequalities, institutional failures, social barriers, and other risks.  |
Finance & Development December 2009 Ravi Kanbur |
Poverty, Disconnected Why soup kitchens may be fuller than ever, even as official statistics suggest poverty is coming down.  |
Finance & Development September 2010 |
Making a Breakthrough To accelerate progress toward the Millennium Development Goals, growth must happen in sectors that directly benefit the poor, such as agriculture.  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2001 Evangelos A. Calamitsis |
The Need for Stronger Domestic Policies and International Support Globalization is a powerful engine of world prosperity, and it is certainly here to stay. Income disparities remain large. The basic issue is what policies and reforms are most likely to bring about sustainable economic growth for the benefit of all the peoples of the world.  |
Finance & Development September 1, 2007 Martin Ravallion |
Urban Poverty Yes, the poor are gravitating to towns and cities, but more rapid poverty reduction will probably require a faster pace of urbanization, not a slower one -- and development policymakers will need to facilitate this process, not hinder it.  |
Finance & Development June 1, 2000 Hans Dieter Seibel |
Agricultural Development Banks Close Them or Reform Them? Agricultural development banks were established to extend credit and other financial services to customers not considered creditworthy by commercial banks. Should these banks be closed or are they worth revamping?  |
Finance & Development June 1, 2002 Emanuele Baldacci |
Financial Crises, Poverty, and Income Distribution How do financial crises affect income distribution and the poor? A recent IMF study shows that poverty rises and, in some cases, so does inequality -- underscoring the need for adequate and flexible safety nets, ideally in place before crises strike.  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Dani Rodrik |
Growth Versus Poverty Reduction: A Hollow Debate  |
Finance & Development June 1, 2002 Angus Deaton |
Is World Poverty Falling? Using the same data, two reports released less than two years apart by the World Bank reached apparently different conclusions on whether world poverty was going up or down. How can we know whether the world poverty counts are accurate?  |
IDB America May/Jun 2000 |
A fresh look at rural development Years after it went out of vogue, the rural economy is again emerging as a priority for boosting national performance and reducing poverty, according to experts at a seminar held in New Orleans in March during the IDB's annual meeting....  |
Finance & Development March 2011 Alicia Barcena |
Spreading the Wealth Poverty and inequality have declined in Latin America in recent years, but there is a lot more to do.  |
Finance & Development September 2008 |
Dialogue Box F&D asked a number of opinion leaders around the world to answer the question, What's the single thing most likely to double living standards in poor countries over the next decade?  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Justin Yifu Lin |
Straight Talk: Shifting Perceptions of Poverty Revised poverty statistics may improve understanding of the economic development process.  |
Finance & Development June 1, 2001 Guy Pfeffermann |
Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries: The Role of Private Enterprise The role of private enterprise in development has been neglected by scholars, governments, and aid organizations. This is regrettable: a vibrant private sector generates jobs, raises incomes, and makes better, cheaper goods and services available...  |
Finance & Development September 1, 2005 Andrews et al. |
Ethiopia: Scaling Up Assessing the impact of a dramatic increase in aid on one of Africa's poorest countries.  |
Finance & Development September 2010 |
Regaining Momentum Progress on the Millennium Development Goals has been slowed by the crisis. The rest of the world has to help.  |
Finance & Development March 1, 2000 Nora Lustig & Omar Arias |
Poverty Reduction Although Latin America and the Caribbean reduced the incidence of poverty during the 1990s, population increases and the greater income inequalities that had developed during the 1980s stymied the region's efforts to reduce the number of poor people. How can its policymakers fight poverty most effectively and better protect the poor during economic crises?  |
Finance & Development March 1, 2002 Kevin Watkins |
Making Globalization Work for the Poor In the view of the IMF, the World Bank, and most northern governments, removing barriers to trade is one of the most powerful things that governments can do to give the poor a bigger stake in global prosperity...  |
Finance & Development September 2008 Ravallion & van de Walle |
Land and Poverty in Reforming East Asia Lessons from Vietnam's agrarian reforms  |
Finance & Development September 2008 Masood Ahmed |
The Next Frontier Low-income countries gain ground in a globalized world, but they still face major challenges.  |
Finance & Development March 2010 |
Hunger on the Rise World hunger spiked sharply in 2009, significantly worsening an already disappointing trend in global food security since 1996.  |
Finance & Development September 2010 Arvind Panagariya |
Growing out of Poverty Economic expansion reduces poverty by creating employment opportunities and making anti-poverty programs fiscally feasible.  |
Finance & Development March 1, 2001 Danny M. Leipziger |
The Unfinished Poverty Agenda: Why Latin America and the Caribbean Lag Behind Compared with East Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean have made very little progress in reducing poverty rates since the 1980s, largely because of sluggish growth...  |
BusinessWeek September 30, 2010 Peter Coy |
Why One Economist Predicts Slow Growth Northwestern's Robert Gordon predicts the U.S. will soon be generating the slowest GDP growth per capita in its history.  |
The Motley Fool July 9, 2010 Jordan DiPietro |
7 Ways to Play This Hot Sector 7 cheap ways to invest in Chinese and global agricultural.  |
Finance & Development September 1, 2005 Arora & Vamvakidis |
Economic Spillovers Exploring the impact trading partners have on each other's growth.  |
The Motley Fool January 6, 2012 John Maxfield |
5 Stocks With Monster Profit Potential Plant your seed in these five agricultural stocks and watch as your portfolio blooms.  |
Reason December 2005 Ronald Bailey |
Data: Escape from Poverty In 2000 the world's eight richest nations set the Millennium Development Goals... Average annual global per capita income fell, in real dollars, from $445 in 1 A.D. to $436 in 1000 A.D. By 1820 it had increased to $667... etc.  |
Scientific American September 2007 Jeffrey D. Sachs |
Breaking the Poverty Trap Targeted investments can trump a region's geographic disadvantages.  |
Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Clements et al. |
Getting Spending Right Latin America needs to reform public spending to make it more efficient, better help the poor, and address infrastructure bottlenecks.  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Tim Callen |
What Is Gross Domestic Product? Economists use many acronyms. One of the most common is GDP, which stands for gross domestic product. A concise explanation of GDP.  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Caroline M. Robb |
How the Poor Can Have a Voice in Government Policy Development thinking has changed significantly in recent years. Policymakers have recognized the ability of the poor to make a valuable contribution to the analysis of poverty and are consulting them directly. This new participatory approach has resulted in a broader definition of poverty and better-informed public policies that are more responsive to the needs of the poor.  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Deepa Narayan |
Poverty Is Powerlessness and Voicelessness The Voices of the Poor study aimed to understand poverty from the perspective of poor people and to illuminate the human experience behind the poverty statistics.  |
Finance & Development June 1, 2002 Brian Ames |
Taking Stock of Poverty Reduction Efforts What exactly is a poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP), the centerpiece of the international community's new assault on poverty? It is essentially a road map prepared by countries themselves to help them better target public policies in support of poverty reduction.  |
Finance & Development June 1, 2002 Masood Ahmed |
Building Consensus on Poverty Reduction One hundred eighty-nine countries came together at the United Nations Millennium Summit and pledged to act individually and collectively to make the Millennium Development Goals a reality.  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2001 Sergio Pereira Leite |
Human Rights and the IMF Human rights and macroeconomic stability are far from incompatible. Rather, they both play crucial roles in the fight against poverty. By supporting sound economic policies and encouraging constructive dialogue within civil society, the IMF contributes to human rights.  |
Finance & Development September 1, 2001 Sanjeev Gupta |
Debt Relief and Public Health Spending in Heavily Indebted Poor Countries The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, launched in 1996, was the first comprehensive effort by the international community to reduce the external debt of the world's poorest countries...  |
HBS Working Knowledge February 21, 2007 Lodge & Wilson |
What a U.N. Partnership with Big Business Could Accomplish Countries most successful in reducing poverty have focused on creating profitable businesses. They provide the jobs, income, and motivation for education and individual development that raise standards of living.  |
DailyCandy January 20, 2005 |
Holy Cow Help fight world hunger by giving a gift from Heifer International, a nonprofit organization that provides livestock and agricultural training to impoverished families in 47 countries around the world.  |
HBS Working Knowledge April 4, 2007 Garry Emmons |
The Business of Global Poverty What role should business play as the world confronts what may be the most explosive socioeconomic challenge of the new century?  |
HBS Working Knowledge March 13, 2006 Cynthia D. Churchwell |
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer In this interview, Harvard Business School professor emeritus explains why nonprofits aren't the answer to ending poverty and asks that executives look beyond philanthropy to make lasting positive change.  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Masood Ahmed & Hugh Bredenkamp |
Supporting Poverty Reduction in Low-Income Developing Countries: The International Community's Response Despite developing countries' improved economic growth rates during the 1990s, poverty has remained firmly entrenched. How can developing countries, international financial institutions, and developed countries work together more effectively to reduce the incidence of poverty?  |
The Motley Fool September 28, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Know Your Numbers: GDP GDP is widely considered to be the mother of all economic indicators. As the primary indicator of economic activity, GDP is the main feedback mechanism economic policymakers use when determining the paths they aim to follow.  |