* Argues strongly for overlooked approach to development by showing how the poor use
money in ways that confound stereotypical notions of aid and handouts* Team authored by …

The last 20 years have been good for growth in the developing countries, and have been
very good for poverty reduction--indeed, the best ever. Here, Bhalla discusses the …

ABSTRACT Critics of the World Bank have variously attributed its proclaimed commitment to
poverty reduction to empty rhetoric, hypocrisy, incompetence, confusion, or overload in the …

There is a sad law I have noticed in my economics career: the poorer the country, the poorer
the economic analysis applied to it. Sub-Saharan Africa, which this month marks the 50th …

C hildren are often hardest hit by poverty: it causes lifelong damage to their minds and
bodies. They are therefore likely to pass poverty on to their children, perpetuating the …

Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times called him “one of the unsung heroes of modern
times.” Fazle Hasan Abed was a mild-mannered accountant who may be the most influential …

Any measure taken to reduce poverty must be based on a knowledge of its causes. In turn,
any explanation of poverty must take a dynamic view and perceive poverty as a process …