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Botswana Poverty AssessmentLiving conditions of Botswana have improved over the past decade and poverty has reduced significantly. This decrease was accompanied by a considerable decline in both depth and severity of poverty, indicating that consumption has improved among the poor. While rural areas led the poverty reduction, the share of the poor living in urban areas has increased. Botswana’s progress toward reduction of extreme poverty and inequality was among the world’s strongest in the second half of 2000s. During this period, the economic growth has been strongly pro-poor. Botswana is one of the top performers in Africa when measured by annual consumption distribution growth for the bottom 40 percentile. However, despite these noteworthy improvements, inequality remains high. The study concludes that with adequate macro and social policies, and a strong focus on improving equity, Botswana has a historical opportunity to build on recent achievements and move towards eradicating extreme poverty within one generation. The analyses was conducted in close collaboration with the Statistics Botswana, utilizing the data generated through the nationally representative households income and expenditure surveys conducted by Statistics Botswana in 2002/2003 and 2009/2010. The report benefited greatly from the leadership by the Poverty Eradication Unit.
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Reducing Inequality for Shared
 Growth in China : Strategy and Policy Options for Guangdong ProvinceThis overview summarizes the key
 findings of the eight chapters and one policy note. It is
 organized as follows. The first section provides a
 background of Guangdong, while the second describes the
 current situation of inequality in the province. Next is a
 discussion of the potential impacts of the transfer of
 industrial activities ('industrial transfer') in
 mitigating regional disparity, followed by the
 recommendation of a three pillar strategy for Guangdong. The
 fifth section focuses on the elimination of absolute poverty
 through the minimum living allowance (Dibao) system, and the
 sixth turns to policy actions needed to increase
 opportunities for the rural population by moving them to
 jobs, increasing their access to finance, and ensuring that
 their land rights are better protected. The seventh section
 further assesses Guangdong's options for investing in
 people through more equitable service delivery in compulsory
 education, skill development, and health care, with the aim
 of enhancing the capacity of the poor to seize and utilize
 opportunities. The last section concludes this overview.
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Reducing Inequality for Shared Growth in China : Strategy and Policy Options for Guangdong ProvinceThis overview summarizes the key findings of the eight chapters and one policy note. It is organized as follows. The first section provides a background of Guangdong, while the second describes the current situation of inequality in the province. Next is a discussion of the potential impacts of the transfer of industrial activities ('industrial transfer') in mitigating regional disparity, followed by the recommendation of a three pillar strategy for Guangdong. The fifth section focuses on the elimination of absolute poverty through the minimum living allowance (Dibao) system, and the sixth turns to policy actions needed to increase opportunities for the rural population by moving them to jobs, increasing their access to finance, and ensuring that their land rights are better protected. The seventh section further assesses Guangdong's options for investing in people through more equitable service delivery in compulsory education, skill development, and health care, with the aim of enhancing the capacity of the poor to seize and utilize opportunities. The last section concludes this overview.