This article investigates whether heterogeneous subgroups of female-headed households
are worse off than households headed by men. It analyzes the correlates of consumption …

Indonesia has an impressive record of economic growth and poverty reduction over the past
two decades. The growth-poverty nexus appears strong at the aggregate level. However …

In light of growing threats to sustainable development, two serious challenges (that is, rising
income inequality and environmental degradation) have been addressed by numerous …

A RUSA 2007 Outstanding Reference Title The Encyclopedia of the Developing World is a
comprehensive work on the historical and current status of developing countries. Containing …

Inequality has recently become a hotly debated topic, and spatial inequality in Asia is critical
to equitable development in the world. This article reviews the research on spatial inequality …

This paper analyzes the processes of growth and poverty reduction simultaneously under a
neoclassical growth model framework, using provincial data from the Philippines. We obtain …

This study estimates a set of fixed effects/random effects models to ascertain the long-run
relationships between poverty, income inequality, and growth using pooled data from eight …

" The objectives of the RETA [regional technical assistance project], a study based on a
literature and project review and on field research in three Asian countries [People's …

" Recent research employing cross-national regressions shows that the incomes of the poor
move one-for-one with overall average incomes, suggesting that economic growth is …

The study attempted to measure the impact of BRAC microfinance operations on the
livelihood of the borrowers of a sample village. With the purpose of measuring the impact of …