, the well-being of the poor improved. This evidence suggests that poverty estimates for Madagascar are more a reflection of …We use Arndt and Simler's (2010) utility-consistent approach to calculating poverty lines to analyse poverty in … Madagascar in 2001, 2005 and 2010. Because two major political crises occurred between the survey periods, the snapshots of …

, to examine changes in poverty in Madagascar. The authors find that poverty in this Indian Ocean country rose from an … rural areas witnessed persistent increases in poverty despite market reforms, as structural constraints affected their … ability to escape poverty. A strong correlation between "remoteness" (as measured by various proxies) and high levels of …

Simler's (2010) utility-consistent approach to measuring consumption poverty in order to analyse poverty in Madagascar in …We adapt the standardized Poverty Line Estimation Analytical Software-PLEASe computer code stream based on Arndt and … differs from the approach undertaken by the national statistical office to produce the official poverty estimates and how the …

This report provides an account of the evolution of poverty and living conditions in the decade 2012- 2022. It finds … that at the national level monetary poverty essentially stagnated while urban poverty, admittedly a much smaller in … absolute and relative terms, dramatically increased. In 2022, monetary poverty affected about 75 percent of the population, a …

The country's approach to poverty reduction is outlined in the 2003 Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, and draws on a … development approach in which growth and poverty reduction are mutually reinforcing. Three areas of focus are identified in the … systems for establishing human and material security. The DPR presents Madagascar's development policy agenda in an integrated …

Nigeria has recorded impressive growth in the last decade, yet the impact of this growth on poverty reduction remains … unclear. This paper appraises spatial and temporal non-monetary multidimensional poverty in Nigeria using the first … is sensitive to indicator definitions, the overall results are robust and lend support to the view that poverty reduction …

The Philippines has set an ambitious goal of becoming a predominantly middle-class society free of poverty by 2040 … as poverty reduction or redistribution. This background paper for the 2024 Philippine Institute for Development Studies …-based definition that delineates the middle-class as households with per capita incomes between 2 to 12 times the official poverty line …