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

In using survey data for money metric analysis of poverty and well-being, it is customary to adjust either the data or … the poverty line for spatial prices differentials where data exist to make such adjustment. In developing countries where … sometimes lead to very wrong conclusions about the spatial distribution of poverty. This may have severe consequences for policy …

Poverty in rural Ethiopia is vast by any standard. Using the Ethiopian Rural Household Survey (ERHS), which is a panel … data set consisting of four rounds between 1994 and 1997, this analysis aims to examine the broad trends in poverty by … calculating and decomposing poverty measures of the Foster-Greer-Thorbecke class, as well as to analyse the correlates of poverty …

Poverty reduction and alleviation is a main priority of the South African government. For the Western Cape province to … formulate and implement successful, well-targeted policies aimed at reducing poverty it is important to identify exactly who the … poor are. This study aims to determine the extent of poverty in the Western Cape province and construct a clear picture of …

The debate about the consequences of economic growth on poverty and welfare was recently rekindled in South Africa by … linked to a nationally representative household survey to assess the poverty and economic consequences of a higher economic … growth scenario. The main findings are that higher economic growth induces reductions in poverty both in the short and long …

In order to evaluate the extent to which a country achieves the objectives of poverty and inequality reduction, up … and reliability of poverty estimates and trends across various household surveys. First, whether income or expenditure … poverty estimates. If the respondents are asked to report income and expenditure in intervals, issues that could affect 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 …

exclusion and poverty. The aim of this paper is to present and analyze the main measures of over-indebtedness used in the … of over-indebtedness are subsequently compared with the measures of poverty in order to disentangle the relationship …

The paper reviews the theory of the measurement of poverty. The axiomatic theory is described and the axiomatic … properties of poverty indexes are related to assumptions on the functional form of the poverty index function. The notion of … poverty ordering is then introduced and followed by a review of the relations between the poverty orderings than can be …

such as the rinderpest disease or the Anglo-Boer war added to the numbers of poor whites. Today, poverty is still at the … tradition, and external factors are still amongst the factors said to be the causes of poverty. This paper assesses the … similarities and differences between black poverty today and white poverty a century ago, and suggests possible policy lessons to …