We propose simple graphical methods to identify poverty-reducing marginal reforms of transfer programs. The methods are … based on Program Dominance curves that display cumulative program benefits weighted by powers of poverty gaps. These curves … whether the assessment of marginal program reforms is sensitive to the choice of poverty lines and poverty measures as well as …

A method is proposed to provide robust poverty comparisons and robust evaluations of marginal policy reforms under …

and inequality. We show how, when the range of possible poverty lines is unbounded above, a robust ranking of absolute … maximum poverty line is bounded and for certain orders of stochastic dominance, so long as social welfare and inequality … use of some popular indices of relative poverty and censored inequality. Finally, we illustrate geometrically how the new …

for comparing relative poverty. The results warn against the use of some popular indices of inequality.\ They do, however … poverty and restricted inequality. We also illustrate graphically how the new criteria of restricted inequality dominance …This paper develops criteria for a new concept of restricted inequality dominance and show how they relate to criteria …

The evaluation of the impact on poverty of social programs depends on how other programs are treated in the analysis … and on the assumptions used for estimating poverty measures. This paper applies a simple yet sound method for allocating … between various programs the total poverty reduction obtained from several programs. Estimates of program impacts are also …

The evaluation of the poverty impact and targeting performance of a given social program may depend on how other … simple yet theoretically sound method for allocating between various programs the overall poverty reduction obtained from a …

multidimensional poverty within and between sub-groups of population, and to determine the dimensions that tend to increase inequality … in poverty. The goal of this article is double. Firstly, we present the combined methodology to study the inequality in …In 1990, Cerioli and Zani introduced an operational multivariate method to analyse and measure poverty, aiming at …

The poverty impact of indirect tax reforms is analyzed using sequential stochastic dominance methods. This allows …

poverty in Canada. …