, their distribution and poverty depend very crucially on the hypothesis made on the evolution of returns to education and …

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 investigates how estimates of the extent and trend of income poverty in China between 1990 and 2001 vary as … a result of alternative plausible assumptions concerning key parameters that influence the poverty line and estimated … within a reasonable range, a remarkable reduction in consumption poverty occurred in China during the 1990s. However …

to detailed poverty analysis. We bridge this gap by constructing a CGE model that explicitly models all households from a …Concern is growing regarding the poverty impacts of trade liberalization. The strong general equilibrium effects of … trade liberalization can only be properly analysed in a CGE model. However, the aggregate nature of CGE models is not suited …

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 ….31. The prime reasons of poverty are excessive dependence on primary sector, disguised unemployment, poor development of …

of labour is near- zero and productivity of land provides only subsistence. Poverty keeps consumption and savings low …

This paper studies poverty as a dynamic phenomenon, motivated by the recurring economic crises that affect developing … still lack a unified framework. Echoing Atkinson (1987), this paper addresses the question of how poverty should be measured …