Assignment of land rights affects equity and efficiency, determining among other things
households' ability to generate subsistence and income, their social and economic status …

This paper reviews recent economic policy debates about the relationship between growth,
poverty and inequality. These debates have tended to focus on whether market-led growth is …

There are fewer people living in extreme poverty in the world today than 30 years ago. While
that is an achievement, continuing progress for poor people is far from assured. Inequalities …

In most OECD countries, the gap between rich and poor is at its highest level since 30 years.
Today, the richest 10 per cent of the population in the OECD area earn 9.5 times the income …

One in seven of the world's population live in poverty in urban areas, and the vast majority of
these live in the Global South–mostly in overcrowded informal settlements with inadequate …

This paper provides evidence that high and rising corruption increases income inequality
and poverty. An increase of one standard deviation in corruption increases the Gini …

Few studies have examined the impact of international migration and remittances on poverty
in the developing world. This paper fills this lacuna by constructing and analyzing a new …

A CCESS TO LAND AND THE ABILITY TO MAKE productive use of such land is critical to
poor people worldwide. In addition to its direct effect on households' welfare and their …

The available evidence suggests that the poor in developing countries typically do share in
the gains from rising aggregate affluence, and in the losses from aggregate contraction. But …

This volume is the most comprehensive textbook on sustainable development. It has been
developed with students and professionals from around the world specifically for those who …