dynamics and poverty among rural households in Bangladesh. We use data from a nationally representative longitudinal survey of … income dynamics and poverty incidence for the first three waves, finding a declining trend in both the incidence and depth of … poverty, aided by in particular by human capital development and the off-farm labor opportunities. Here we update the analysis …

the authors that aims to test this hypothesis and examine the potential for social capital to help alleviate rural poverty …

The relationship between poverty incidence and road development is analyzed in this paper, in the context of rural Laos …. The results indicate that improving road access is an effective way of reducing rural poverty. Between 1997-98 and 2002 …-03, rural poverty incidence in Laos declined by almost on tenth of the rural population. Over this same period road improvement …

poverty impacts of rising food and energy prices under a number of scenarios. In general, it was observed that rising food and …

caused widespread concern about the effects of higher food prices on poverty. These concerns are relevant to the poor people … the likely effects of the increase in food prices in Fiji over 2002 to mid 2008 on the incidence of poverty in Fiji. We …

This paper uses a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to investigate the impact on poverty of trade … economy. With trade liberalisation, rural and urban areas experience an overall reduction in poverty in the short run. However …, a marginal increase in the poverty gap and poverty severity for urban areas is projected, implying that the poor become …

Laos is a mountainous country with poor roads and a high rate of poverty incidence, especially in rural areas. It is … obvious that better roads could reduce poverty, but by how much? And what forms of road improvement reduce poverty the most … equilibrium modeling approach to study these issues. The results indicate that road improvement does reduce poverty but that the …

Poverty is an ongoing issue in Ethiopia. The identification of policy options to address the problem primarily requires … that poverty be measured accurately. One of the most important ingredients in the measurement of poverty are prices. The … magnitude of poverty is affected by how cost of living differences across time and regions are adjusted. This paper derives a …