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Poverty reduction during the rural-urban transformation : the role of the missing middle

by Luc Christiaensen and Yasuyuki Todo WB Policy Research Paper no WPS. 6445, May 2013  As countries develop, they restructure away from agriculture and urbanize. But structural transformation and urbanization patterns differ substantially, with some countries fostering migration out of agriculture into rural off farm activities and secondary towns, and others undergoing rapid agglomeration in [...]

Inequality Matters

by Radhicka Kapoor Economic and Political Weekly, January 12, 2012 If economic growth was the only factor that mattered for poverty reduction, we should have witnessed greater poverty reduction. Also, states with the highest growth rate should have performed the best in terms of poverty reduction. The pace of poverty reduction is influenced both by [...]

Microcredit and Poverty Alleviation: Can microcredit close the deal?

M.G. Quibria Working Paper No. 2012/78 This paper explores the relationship between microcredit and poverty reduction. To investigate this question, we posit a bare-bone, household model that outlines the economic environment within which various types of family microenterprises operate. It highlights a number of issues that impinge on household earnings such as the nature of [...]

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