The cost to developing countries, for current and future generations, of not eradicating hunger and poverty - in terms of recurrent conflicts and emergencies, widening inequalities, depleted resources, ill health, and premature death - is enormous. Although strategies are underway to address certain problems in Africa and the Middle East, much remains to be done. Breaking the poverty cycle in t...

1. Recent progress in poverty reduction. Bhutan has achieved remarkable socioeconomic progress and poverty reduction on the back of robust economic growth and the government’s efforts to improve the living standards of the country’s people. Poverty incidence declined from 31.7% in 2003 to 23.2% in 2007 and 12.0% in 2012 (Table 1). The reduction was particularly significant during 2007–2012, whe...

This paper discusses the various channels through which stabilization policies affect poverty in developing countries. It begins by reviewing someof the recent evidence on poverty rates, then provides ataxonomic review of the various channels through which macroeconomicpolicies affect the poor, with a particular emphasis on the role of thelabour market. The analytical framework capturessome of ...

Poverty is a long-term problem in economic development country, especially developing countries. This study aims to analyze the effect of growth, population, number unemployed (TPT), minimum wage, and human index (IPM) on poverty Bali Province. The approach used this research quantitative with secondary data obtained from Indonesian Central Bureau Statistics (BPS) for 2015-2020. method factors ...

Despite the efforts of various federal and regional governments over years, poverty still exists in several places across world, especially developing countries. Microfinance services have been promoted as viable tools to decrease poverty. Sarawak, Malaysia is an example a region where microfinance are being used reduce incidences This paper proposes conceptual model understand effect different...

Public spending programmes to reduce poverty, expand primary education and improve the economic status of women are recommended priorities of aid agencies and are now gradually being reflected in third world governments' policies, in response to aid conditions imposed by the World Bank and OECD countries. However outcomes fall short of aspiration. This paper shows that donors' lending policies,...

The impact of genetically modified (GM) crops on the poor in developing countries is still the subject of controversy. While previous studies have examined direct productivity effects of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton and other GM crops, little is known about wider socioeconomic outcomes. We use a microeconomic modelling approach and comprehensive survey data from India to analyse welfare a...

This paper, which examines recently studied links between 1) poverty, high fertility, and undernourishment and 2) environmental degradation and civic disconnection in developing countries, opens by reviewing the limitations of orthodox discussions of economic institutions and property rights and the orthodox dichotomy that has located the cause of poverty in the suppression of markets. The int...

Penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) have managed to cover even some of the least developed nations. Mobile phones in particular have experienced phenomenal growth never witnessed before with earlier technological inventions. The internet, information and communication technology (ICT) services and increase in digitized content have led to interest in their role in i...

Context of Youth Employment More than 1 billion people today are between 15 and 25 years of age and nearly 40 per cent of the world’s population is below the age of 20. Eighty-five per cent of these young people live in developing countries where many are especially vulnerable to extreme poverty. At the same time, the rate of urbanization is by far the highest in developing countries, and by 20...