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1. A Synchronized Global Upturn and the Outlook for the United States and Canada »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, April 2018, Western Hemisphere Department : Seizing the Momentum
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 11 May 2018
ISBN: 9781484339879
The world economy and global trade are experiencing a broad-based cyclical upswing. Since October 2017, global growth outcomes and the outlook for 2018–19 have improved across all regions, reinf...

Building Consensus on Poverty Reduction »
Source: Finance & Development, June 2002
Volume/Issue: 39/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2002
ISBN: 9781451952896
Keywords: poverty reduction, fiscal profligacy, fiscal policy, spending cuts
This paper highlights that despite unprecedented gains in living standards in some countries over the past few decades, poverty continues as a harsh reality in too much of the developing world. The causes lie in pa...

Financial Crises, Poverty, and Income Distribution »
Source: Finance & Development, June 2002
Volume/Issue: 39/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2002
ISBN: 9781451952896
Keywords: poverty reduction, fiscal profligacy, fiscal policy, spending cuts
This paper highlights that despite unprecedented gains in living standards in some countries over the past few decades, poverty continues as a harsh reality in too much of the developing world. The causes lie in pa...

POINT of view: Is World Poverty Falling? »
Source: Finance & Development, June 2002
Volume/Issue: 39/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2002
ISBN: 9781451952896
Keywords: poverty reduction, fiscal profligacy, fiscal policy, spending cuts
This paper highlights that despite unprecedented gains in living standards in some countries over the past few decades, poverty continues as a harsh reality in too much of the developing world. The causes lie in pa...

5. Poverty and Inequality in Latin America: Gains during the Commodity Boom but an Uncertain Outlook »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, April 2018, Western Hemisphere Department : Seizing the Momentum
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 11 May 2018
ISBN: 9781484339879
Latin America has made impressive progress in reducing inequality and poverty since the turn of the century, although it remains the most unequal region in the world. The declines in inequality...

Taking Stock of Poverty Reduction Efforts »
Source: Finance & Development, June 2002
Volume/Issue: 39/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2002
ISBN: 9781451952896
Keywords: poverty reduction, fiscal profligacy, fiscal policy, spending cuts
This paper highlights that despite unprecedented gains in living standards in some countries over the past few decades, poverty continues as a harsh reality in too much of the developing world. The causes lie in pa...