We estimate a production function model of aggregate economic growth including two
variables that microeconomists have identified as fundamental components of human …

Twenty-percent of the world's population, or 1.2 billion live on less than 1perday;70%
oftheseareruraland90%areinAsiaandsub-SaharanAfrica.Research-ledtechnologicalchangeinagriculturegenera …

How important is agricultural growth to poverty reduction? This article first sets out the
theoretical reasons for expecting agricultural growth to reduce poverty. Several plausible …

Empirical investigation of the link between financial development and economic growth has
established that finance exerts a significant and positive influence on growth. This paper …

Poverty in the developing world will decline by about one-half by 2015 if the trends of the
1990s persist. Most of this poverty reduction will occur in Asia, however, while poverty will …

Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of South Asia are likely to hold large numbers of very poor
rural people into the foreseeable future. Although both history and theory suggest a pre …

The paper examines the effect of aid on poverty, rather than on economic growth. We devise
a 'pro‐poor (public) expenditure index', and present evidence that, together with inequality …

There has long been a broad consensus amongst donors and developing country
governments that agricultural growth will directly benefit the rural poor and also improve the …

This paper surveys the effect of globalisation on rural poverty. It challenges the presumption
of a positive relationship between globalisation and welfare of the poor. The forces of …

Abstract The Millennium Development Goals set quantitative targets for poverty reduction
and improvements in health, education, gender equality, the environment, and other aspects …