equivalence scales are likely to produce significant changes in the analysis of poverty and its distribution across households and … assistance resources) it is important to refine our understanding of the extent to which poverty measures and the resulting …

We summarize existing theoretical claims linking poverty to rates of deforestation and then examine this linkage … controlling for this, impacts of poverty per se are confounded by richer areas being different from the areas inhabited by the …’ characteristics, we find that poorer areas are cleared more rapidly. This result suggests that poverty reduction aids forest …

This paper analyses recent patterns of migration and poverty in Albania, a country that - following the collapse of the … characterises spatial patterns in the distribution of poverty and migration at a high level of geographic disaggregation. The … to be associated in opposite ways to observed poverty and welfare levels. While poverty acts as a push factor for …

This paper deals with consumption dynamics and its effects on poverty. An econometric model is proposed in which … changes in poverty. Second, it allows distinguishing between chronic and transient poverty, by defining as chronically poor … those households whose level of consumption sustainable in the long term lies below the poverty line. This definition of …

We review claims about the potential for carbon markets that link both payments for carbon services and poverty levels … sequestration, and if land users were poor could conserve forest while addressing rural poverty. However, we find poorer areas are …

Poverty and food security in most countries are highly heterogeneous phenomena. Both types and depth of poverty …, measured in a variety of ways, vary between and within countries, regions or other geographic and administrative units. Poverty … mapping in all its various forms involves techniques which permit sufficient disaggregation of a poverty measure to local …

The objectives of the study were to obtain a better understanding of households' pathways into, and out of, poverty …, with poverty defined from the communities' own perspective. The authors used a community-based methodology called the … 'stages of progress' approach to assess household poverty dynamics in 20 communities and for over 1,700 households …

countries. In Nepal, poverty levels are extremely high and more than 80% of the population relies on the agriculture sector for … employment and income generation. In this context, it is important to be able to understand the link between poverty and … (NLSS I). In conclusion the authors find that poverty in Nepal is mainly a rural phenomenon, where households mostly own …

countries. In Nepal, poverty levels are extremely high and more than 80% of the population relies on the agriculture sector for … employment and income generation. In this context, it is important to be able to understand the link between poverty and … In conclusion the authors find that poverty in Nepal is mainly a rural phenomenon, where households mostly own land and …

determining migration outcomes. This study utilizes experimental data on PROGRESA, Mexico's primary poverty reduction program, to …