Modified Title of earlier post Why poverty reduction disappeared from mainstream economics, what worked (and failed) in field practice, how institutions shape economic outcomes, what can be learned from states, nations, and global systems, and the principles that consistently guided lasting poverty reduction. This release marks the first public sharing of this work. It is …
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A Lifetime in Poverty Reduction For more than half a century, my life and work have been intertwined with one central question: how do we actually reduce poverty? I have seen poverty not as an abstract number in an economist’s table but as a daily struggle for millions of families—for food, for dignity, for opportunity. …
Economists over the years have been grappling with different models of economic development for reducing poverty, focusing on one over the other. Tamil Nadu, one of India’s states, which is larger than several countries in both geographic and population aspects, has been making significant strides in reducing poverty throughout the state. In this blog, I …
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Rajaratnam Abel 