Scenarios for future global growth to 2050
The end of extreme poverty may finally be achieved by 2050, spurred by economic growth in low-income countries, according to a new economic forecast. Though the Covid pandemic began to reverse progress
Center for Global Development
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Who are the world’s poor? a new profile of global multidimensional poverty
Who are the world’s poor? This paper presents a new global profile of multidimensional poverty using three specifications of multidimensional poverty. The paper draws comparisons with the global monetary
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The impact of civil conflict on child malnutrition and mortality, Nigeria, 2002-2013
The new millennium brought renewed attention to improving the health of women and children. In this same period, direct deaths from conflicts have declined worldwide, but civilian deaths associated with
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Three decades of poverty mobility in Nigeria: the trapped, the freed, and the never trapped
Individuals do escape poverty during periods of overall rise in the poverty rate; they also transit into poverty during periods of overall decline in the poverty rate. A static poverty estimate drawn from
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Guaranteed employment or guaranteed income?
The paper critically reviews the arguments for and against both employment guarantees and income guarantees when viewed as rights-based policy instruments for poverty reduction in a developing economy,
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Guaranteed employment or guaranteed income?
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Can GMOs deliver for Africa?
This paper surveys the current status of GM crops and where the technology is heading. It then analyzes how the currently dominant crops and traits have not delivered as hoped for developing country farmers
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The future of forests: Emissions from tropical deforestation with and without a carbon price, 2016–2050
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Biofuel policies: fuel versus food, forests, and climate
This paper reviews the evolution of biofuel policies in the United States, because it is by far the largest market for biofuels, and the European Union, because the use of oilseed crops for biodiesel,
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Who pollutes? a household-level database of America’s greenhouse gas footprint
This paper describes the creation of a database providing estimated greenhouse gas (GHG) footprints for 6 million US households over the period 2008-2012. The database allows analysis of footprints for