There has been a growing concern on the official estimates of poverty released by the Planning commission. The official … poverty estimates have been severely criticised on various counts. In view of this, Planning Commission set up an expert group … under the chairmanship of Professor Suresh Tendulkar to examine the issue and suggest a new poverty line and estimates. The …

€™ experiences of poverty differ in important ways. It is also discussed how understanding the gender dimensions of chronic poverty … face in many country contexts, but also for tackling poverty more broadly. [Policy Brief No. 12]. …

The discussion focusses on women in poverty their concentration in rural and urban areas, and the organisational …

primary education. The findings have important implications for the formulation and revising Ethiopian Poverty Reduction …

intensify poverty for girls and women over the life-course. Girls’ vulnerabilities in relation to poverty dynamics are … particularities of their life stage. What happens at this critical time in their lives can reinforce their poverty status and that of … their of spring, or infuence their movement into or out of poverty. …