It has been noted that failure to meet the target set by government for reducing the head count ratio of child poverty … argument that absolute poverty is not a meaningful idea, this apology for the failure of government to meet poverty targets …

This paper estimates the potential effects of a free trade agreement (FTA) between China and Mercosur on poverty … likely effects of an FTA with China on poverty and income distribution. We find that the FTA would result in a small … reduction in poverty as well as an improvement in the income distribution. Highly disaggregated data at the industry level is …

terms of their implications for measuring the poverty and distributional effects of poverty reduction strategies. These … different results in absolute terms, we show that potential differences in the measurement of distributional and poverty effects …

the Udalguri subdivision, Assam (india). It indicates that at least 35.85 percent of the population (and 33.52 percent of … households) in the sample villages is below poverty line (at Rs. 400 per capita per month). On the other hand, no more than 39 ….5 percent of the people (and 37.36 percent households) is likely to stand under the poverty line (at Rs. 425 per capita per …

In this study we make an attempt to visualize the structure of the economy of Udalguri Subdivision of Assam, India. The … of labour is near- zero and productivity of land provides only subsistence. Poverty keeps consumption and savings low …

-level per capita income and poverty rates. I define the quality of the judiciary in terms of: (i) its speed in deciding trials …, such as agricultural production, private sector development, capital formation, poverty rates, public security and … the agricultural and private services sector, the poverty rate, the transportation infrastructure density, the rental …

The objective of this study is to bring out the case of poverty, undernourishment and health conditions of casual … labourers in Shillong, the capital city of Meghalaya, India. Casual labourers are those workers who work for a very short … 48.95 percent of income) on food articles yielding energy. Some 38.4 percent of these households are below poverty line …

city of Meghalaya, India. Two views of poverty have been considered; first at the per capita (per month) income level and …In this paper we report our findings as to the extent of poverty among the casual labourers of Shillong, the capital …