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Vulnerability and poverty in Timor-Lesté

Jha, Raghbendra; Dang, Tu - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2008

Economists have long recognized that a household's well-being depends not just on its average income or expenditure, but also on the risks it faces. Hence vulnerability is a more satisfactory measure of (inadequate) welfare than poverty. We measure vulnerability as expected poverty and establish...

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On Ageing, Health and Poverty in Rural India

Pandey, Manoj K. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2009

In this paper, the trend and determinants of health and poverty among the elderly in rural India is analysed. Two …-96 and 2004 while increased proportion of elderly with poor health status is continued. Results suggest that poverty is one … of the key determinants of health among elderly in rural India. …

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Prospects of Non-Farm Employment and Welfare in Rural Areas

Kaur, Simrit; Kulkarni, Vani S.; Gaiha, Raghav; Pandey, … - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010

Employment elasticity with respect to agriculture value added in South Asia has weakened in recent years. While crop … between farm and non-farm activities. Also, the welfare of self-employed in agriculture became more sensitive to rainfall … shocks in 2004, presumably due to expansion of agriculture into arid and semi-arid areas. Finally, and not so surprising is …

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Food security and small landholders in south Asia

Jha, Raghbendra - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010

This paper surveys the status of food security in the South Asian countries, particularly India. Particular attention has been paid to small landholders (those households owning less than 2 hectares of land). Using NSS data from 1993–94 and 2004–05 the paper shows that small landholders are...

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Poverty Reduction Through Long-term Growth: The Thai Experience

Warr, Peter - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2008

higher productivity sectors. TFP at the sectoral level has been important only in agriculture. Poverty has declined …

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Revisiting the relationship between targeting and program performance

Howes, Stephen; Doan, Dung - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2012

An important public policy question is whether improved targeting of public spending will necessarily result in more or more cost-effective poverty reduction. In an important and influential study, Ravallion (2009) shows that targeting measures perform poorly as indicators of the poverty impact...

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Subjective and Objective Indicators of Racial Progress *

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2013

Progress in closing differences in many objective outcomes for blacks relative to whites has slowed, and even worsened, over the past three decades. However, over this period the racial gap in wellbeing has shrunk. In the early 1970s data revealed much lower levels of subjective well‐being...

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World Food Prices and Poverty in Indonesia

Warr, Peter; Yusuf, Arief Anshory - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2013

Spikes in international food prices in 2007-2008 worsened poverty incidence in Indonesia, both rural and urban, but only by small amounts. The paper reaches this conclusion using a multi-sectoral and multi-household general equilibrium model of the Indonesian economy. The negative effect on poor...

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Poverty and Disability among Indian Elderly: Evidence from Household Survey

Pandey, Manoj K. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2009

This paper attempts to analyze the depth of poverty and examines the causal relationship between disability and poverty among Indian elderly. We use 58th round of National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) data surveyed in 2002. Our analysis finds higher level of poverty and income inequality...

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Vulnerability and Poverty in Bangladesh

Azam, Md. Shafiul; Imai, Katsushi S. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2009

This study estimates ex ante poverty and vulnerability of households in Bangladesh using Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) data in 2005. Our results show that poverty is not same as vulnerability as a substantial share of those currently above the poverty line is highly vulnerable...

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