Finally, women are often at the forefront of poverty reduction, and trade has brought particular benefits for women in terms of jobs and empowerment. However, women face specific constraints, both ...

Is poverty reduction good for growth? Again, yes ... We have evidence that land reforms, appropriately targeted price reforms, and certain types of health and education expenditures benefit the poor, ...

Fortunately, one of the benefits of the MDGs is to focus attention on key outcomes for government ... The need to raise revenue for development and poverty reduction calls for good tax administration ...

Progress in shared prosperity could be achieved only in the context of inclusive growth, when all groups of the population - and especially the bottom 40 percent - benefit from income growth ... to ...

Having lifted 800 million people out of poverty, the country realized the poverty reduction goal set by ... has already brought substantial benefits since its launch over 11 years ago.

The guest speaker was Ambassador Pham Huu Chi from the Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam In the Republic of Korea, who talked about “Poverty Reduction in Viet Nam: Success, Lessons and Role ...

A plan for a child poverty reduction unit announced by the North ... "By tackling poverty in the North East, we can ensure everyone benefits from devolution and the investment we’re seeing ...

A new state food benefit program to complement federal ... The percentages laid out total a potential 50.5% reduction in poverty rates among all New Yorkers under 19 years old.

Child poverty is rising swiftly in Canada and the Liberal government's Canada Child Benefit "has lost its power to sustain poverty reduction" and bring down income inequality, says a new report ...

Brazil has 4.4% of its people earning less than $1.90 a day. China's rapid reduction in poverty went hand in hand with a long period of sustained economic growth. Much of the focus has been on the ...