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Economic Development and Poverty

﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿ESCWA conducts studies and provides technical assistance and advisory services on poverty alleviation, income distribution, and inclusive development. Areas covered include: the impact of economic and sectoral policies on poverty, income distribution, inequality and social cohesion; development, growth and structural change; human development measurement and trends; multidimensional and money metric poverty and inequality measurement; fiscal policies for human development; and trade and industry policy.