-oriented analysis. This paper examines empirical strategies to measure poverty and inequality in multiple domains, concentrating on two …

The study presents recent global evidence on the transformation of economic growth to poverty reduction in developing …-specific data are analyzed for the $1.25 and $2.50-level poverty headcount ratios using the most recent World Bank data. The study … finds that on average income growth has been the major driving force behind both the declines and increases in poverty. The …

This paper examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty. First, it … treatment in poverty measurement. Finally, it reviews the axiomatic approach to inequality analysis. The paper provides a …

We study the impact of growth and growth accelerations on poverty and inequality in Indonesia using a new panel dataset …-mining sectors of the economy. We find that growth in non-mining significantly reduces poverty and inequality. In contrast, overall … growth and growth in mining appears to have no effect on poverty and inequality. We also identify growth acceleration …

no official definition of energy poverty (EP). The purpose of this study is to provide the reader with a set of … indicators to fill this gap. We present a range of poverty measures which estimate that between 5 and 20 per cent of households …

A natural way of viewing an inequality or a poverty measure is in terms of the vector distance between an actual …

This paper reviews the pattern of poverty rates and income inequality in El Salvador since the 1990s. It discusses some …

insurance in the 1990s and the growth of social assistance in the 2000s, and assesses their effects on poverty and inequality …