health, education, employment, income and expenditure, housing, access to public facilities and services, social capital and … also in terms of non-traditional measures, such as self-rated poverty and happiness. The BLSS 2012, together with the BLSS …

This study examines the potential of remittances for promoting economic growth and reducing poverty in Asian countries … poverty rate, but they tend to decrease the poverty gap and thereby ameliorate the depth of poverty. The estimates suggest … that a 10% increase in remittances decreases the poverty gap by about 0.7-1.4%. The paper also explores the robustness of …

This paper examines the relationships between economic growth, income distribution, and poverty for 17 Asian countries … called the "poverty equivalent growth rate", the paper examines both (i) how growth in mean income (or expenditure) has fared … in inequality on poverty. This trade-off between inequality and growth is quantified using a tool called the "inequality …

vocational education and training, (iii) cooperating in higher education and research, (iv) addressing regional health issues, (v …

representative projects in the road transport, health, tourism, and energy sectors were selected for detailed analysis, and research …