This paper reviews the poverty measuring practices, available measures of poverty, and economic growth figures of Nepal …. The currently available three poverty rates for fiscal years 1976/77, 1984/85, and 1995/96 are found to be not comparable … mainly due to change in methodology over time. Despite such methodological changes, the three poverty rates average around 40 …

"This paper provides an introduction to poverty-related data available in Sri Lanka and monetary measurements of … poverty carried out using this data. The lack of an official poverty line in Sri Lanka until June 2004 has over time generated … a number of poverty lines and corresponding poverty measures. While these poverty measures have provided a good base for …