Multiple Dimensions of Poverty have been appended to household surveys by National Statistics Institutes in twelve African and …

a surge after the devaluation, poverty incidence plummeted slightly. Extreme poverty decreased, and growth has been pro … education, nutrition and health. The high degree of inequality is important for explaining the disappointing results in poverty … reduction. The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) gives priority to investment in education and health supply. In countries …

that of food crop producers. However, official statistics on poverty suggest that the cotton growing region of Sikasso is … article offers a detailed analysis of this paradox, the so-called Sikasso paradox. The official statistics on poverty are set …

“Accelerated Growth Strategy” (Stratégie de Croissance Accélérée in French or SCA) in the fight against poverty. We start by an … Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). The progress made, however, was not sufficient to significantly reduce the rural …

Using a 2006 household survey in Mali, we compare current poverty rates and inequality levels with counterfactual ones … impute a counterfactual income for households currently receiving remittances. We show that remittances reduce poverty rates …

Since 2004, the Government of Senegal has adopted an accelerated growth program in the aim of reducing poverty by half … growth strategy is not really in accordance with the Senegalese Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper …

programmes, especially in the scope of the new international poverty reduction strategies (PRSP and HIPC initiatives). To gain a … to be thought of as extra-economic dimensions such as subjective forms of poverty, quality of institutions (especially … of development and for monitoring them in quantitative terms. Three specific modules (Multiple Dimensions of Poverty …