Global Poverty Reduction via Expanding Opportunities
Timothy Besley, Robin Burgess, and David Donaldson

Good-bye Lenin (or not)? The Effect of Communism on People's Preferences for Redistribution.
Alberto Alesina and Nicola Fuchs-Schuendeln

Economic Growth, Income Distribution and Poverty in Poland during Transition.
Pierella Paci, Marcin J. Sasin, and Jos Verbeek

Latin America 1980-2005: Institutions, Growth and Poverty
Alvaro Garcia

Microlending to Vulnerable Groups: Evidence from a Recent UNDP Survey
Andrey Ivanov

Labor Market Distortions, Rural-Urban Inequality and the Opening of China's Economy
Thomas Hertel, Fan Zhai

Urban Poverty in Russia and Social Assistance to the Urban Poor
Anastasia Alexandrova and Elena Grishina

Adjustment Costs of Trade Liberalization for the Russian Labor Market
Irina Denisova

Poverty Effects of Russia’s WTO Accession
David Tarr

New Findings

Assessing Legal Systems: A Catalyst for Reform
Michel Nussbaumer

Family Background and Schooling Outcomes in the Baltic Countries
Mihails Hazans, Olga Rastrigina and Ija Trapeznikova

Voice

A Troubled Country?
Preston Smith