inference with poverty indices is satisfactory. We find that the major cause is the extreme sensitivity of many inequality …

The starting point of this paper is given by country situations where trade liberalization is expected to be poverty … and inequality alleviating in the long run while inducing a short run increase in poverty or in inequality. The question … trade policies within a global policy framework so as to enhance growth and reduce poverty and inequality. The method …

The paper deals with poverty orderings when the value of multidimensional attributes can be compared on a same scale … relative marginal contributions of each dimensional attribute to poverty. The paper focuses on an important special case of … this, that is comparisons of poverty over time. In contrast to earlier work on intertemporal poverty comparisons, this …

This paper presents a family of multidimensional poverty indices that measure poverty as a function of the extent and … the intensity of poverty. I provide a unique axiomatics from which both extent and intensity of poverty can be derived, as … in the literature, these indices are continuous (a must for cardinal poverty measures) and ordinal, in the sense that …

This paper explores some of the dimensions related to poverty and exclusion, by defining a Relational Capability Index … fills the gap between theories of justice and poverty measurements. By means of illustration, we apply three different … versions of the RCI, which are elements of this family, to the measurement of the impact of oil companies on local communities …

Urbanization and poverty have a two-way relationship. Using fixed-effects regression andpanel data from household … poverty rate, albeit at a small magnitude. …