poverty in Albania. Strong economic growth and large inflow of remittances are at the center of this impressive achievement … only a modest impact on poverty reduction. As a result of these developments, the poor are mostly rural residents, low …

This paper summarises the recent quantitative and qualitative evidence on urban poverty in Ethiopia. The analysis of … poverty dynamics is difficult and has been neglected, hence most of the studies reviewed here focus on urban poverty at a … particular point in time. The paper also attempts to discuss in some detail what little evidence exists on urban chronic poverty …

poverty in both urban and rural social contexts, building on the more specific arguments developed in CPRC Working Papers Nos … programmes, and rather more in their capacity to change the terms in which societies debate poverty and social change, and to … context. While our discussion argues that movements are essential actors in a chronic poverty agenda, the combined effects of …

This paper estimates trends in absolute poverty in urban China from 1988 to 2002 using the Chinese Household Income … Project (CHIP) surveys. Poverty incidence curves are plotted, showing that poverty has fallen markedly during the period … regardless of the exact location of the poverty line. Income inequality rose from 1988 to 1995 but has been fairly constant …

This paper estimates trends in absolute poverty in urban China from 1988 to 2002 using the Chinese Household Income … Project (CHIP) surveys. Poverty incidence curves are plotted, showing that poverty has fallen markedly during the period … regardless of the exact location of the poverty line. Income inequality rose from 1988 to 1995 but has been fairly constant …