Pathways to sustained poverty reduction: balancing growth from above and below

8th July 2019

 Pathways to sustained poverty reduction: balancing growth from above and below

This briefing note summarises the findings of the Chronic Poverty Advisory Network's (CPAN) forthcoming Chronic Poverty Report on Growth (Shepherd et al., 2019).

Studying the movement of households into and out of extreme poverty in 11 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South and Southeast Asia reveals important nuances to the mainstream growth and poverty reduction narrative.

Key messages

Report by the Overseas Development Institute