the lowest percentile as compared to other countries. The dimensions of pro-poor growth, which include poverty, inequality … that there is a strong relationship between good governance and reduction in poverty and inequality. It is concluded that …-poor policies, which ultimately reduce poverty and inequality in the long run. To face the challenge of good governance, Pakistan …

impact on poverty in the recipient economy is a controversial issue. In this study, we examine the impact on poverty in two … Pakistan is used to conduct simulations in order to assess the impact of an increase in foreign capital on poverty both in the … reduce poverty in the presence as well as in the absence of trade liberalisation when labour is homogeneous. However, poverty …

This report documents the results of a pilot project on a new poverty monitoring system that improves the current … system in three areas. First, it involves the locals in monitoring poverty in their own area. Second, the poverty indicators … decentralization that puts more power at the hands of the district governments in determining poverty alleviation programs, we believe …

Poverty reduction is a top priority for international organizations, governments and non-governmental organizations …. The aid resources available for poverty reduction are, however, severely constrained in many countries. Minimizing the … leakage of aid resources to the non-poor is a key to maximize poverty reduction with the limited amount of resources available …

The selection criteria for research locations for Moving Out of Poverty (MOP) in Indonesia uses two main variables … can increase their prosperity or move out of poverty; 2) how and why are there groups of people that are still trapped in … poverty; and 3) how and why are there groups of people who tend to fall into poverty. In general, this study shows that the …

Poverty is an extremely complex phenomenon that is linked to many specific factors and contexts. In the present study …, the dynamics of poverty including movements out of poverty are seen as part of the social mobility that occurs in a … community. This study specifically aims to understand why and how a group of people in a community can move out of poverty …

This field verification study is part of the effort to develop small-area poverty maps for all regions in Indonesia …. The small-area poverty maps that contain consumption based poverty estimates at the provincial, district, sub-district and … module, the 2000 Village Survey (PODES) and the 2000 Population Census, using the small-area estimation method (poverty …

that makes eliminating poverty and sustaining development the overriding objective of global development efforts. In the … is less than a dollar a day (a widely used yardstick to measure extreme poverty). However, estimating such poverty across … a brief summary of the state of the art in global poverty estimates, including the problems as well as the possible …

Concomitant to the analysis of poverty is the measurement of vulnerability. Estimates of household vulnerability to … income poverty are developed using a modified probit model that considers volatilities in income as being explained by some … household characteristics. Resulting vulnerability estimates are found to be higher than poverty rates, suggesting that policy …

; the role of health to human capital; the significance of human capital to poverty and inequality; the value of human …Over the past sixty years, the concept of development has expanded from economic growth and investment, to poverty … infrastructure to growth; the significance of growth, infrastructure and human development to poverty reduction; the contribution of …