World Bank2014-12-242014-12-242014-02Research digest newsletter. -- Vol. 8, no. 2 (Winter 2014)https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20953This Research Digest newsletter includes the following headings: Shared prosperity and the mitigation of poverty; The simple algebra of the shared prosperity indicator; The global income distribution: 1988 - 2008; Narrowing the gap in India; Is workfare really cost-effective?; Growth still is good for the poor; and What is the effect of growth on the distribution of opportunities?en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE POVERTYAGGREGATE GROWTHANNUAL GROWTHANNUAL GROWTH RATEANTI-POVERTYANTI-POVERTY INTERVENTIONSAVERAGE GROWTHAVERAGE INCOMEAVERAGE INCOME GROWTHCASH TRANSFERSCHRONICALLY POORCOMPARISON GROUPCOST-EFFECTIVENESSCOUNTERFACTUALCOUNTERFACTUALSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING WORLDDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDIFFERENCES IN INCOMEDISADVANTAGED GROUPSDISTRIBUTIONAL DYNAMICSDISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC POLICYECONOMIC REVIEWECONOMICSEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEMEEXTREME POVERTYFOOD PRICESGINI COEFFICIENTGLOBAL POVERTYGROWTH EPISODEGROWTH RATEGROWTH RATESHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSIMPACT ON POVERTYINCOMEINCOME DIFFERENCESINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME GROWTHINCOME GROWTH RATEINCOME INEQUALITYINCOME SHAREINCOME STUDYINCOMESINCREASING SHAREINDUSTRIAL POLICYINEQUALITYINEQUALITY WILLLOG INCOMELOGARITHMIC SCALELONG RUNMACROECONOMIC ANALYSISMACROECONOMIC POLICIESMACROECONOMIC VARIABLESMALNUTRITIONMEAN INCOMEMEAN INCOME GROWTHNEGATIVE VALUEPER CAPITA INCOMEPOLICY DEBATEPOLICY INTERVENTIONSPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY MAKINGPOLICY RESEARCHPOLITICAL STABILITYPOORPOOR FAMILIESPOOR PEOPLEPOOR POLICIESPOOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDSPOPULOUS COUNTRIESPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MEASUREMENTPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRO-POORPUBLIC SERVICERAPID GROWTHREAL INCOMEREDUCING POVERTYRICH COUNTRIESRURALRURAL AREASRURAL ECONOMYRURAL EMPLOYMENTRURAL HOUSEHOLDRURAL POVERTYRURAL POVERTY RATERURAL UNEMPLOYMENTSANITATIONSIMULATIONSSOCIAL POLICIESTARGETINGURBAN AREASWAGESWORKFARE PROGRAMS10.1596/20953