in Rajasthan, a state with one of the highest infant mortality rates in India. Urban poverty is significant in Rajasthan … with a fifth of the urban population living below the poverty line and in slums. Increasing numbers of poor migrants in … search of employment contribute to the rising levels of urban poverty in cities such as Jaipur, where the present study is …

catastrophic health expenditures in households “below the poverty line.†The program and the districts are evaluated over time …

The paper reviews the existing evidence on migration-poverty interface in the light of the macro and micro level …

It is argued that for households below poverty line any expenditure on health is catastrophic as they are unable to …

This study presents a comprehensive picture of poverty chnages in China in the period of 1978-95. Using two micro data … sets from Household Income Surverys of 1988 and 1995, the author examines poverty distribution among various localities and …

BRAC has long been working to empower people and communities in situations of poverty, illiteracy, disease and social …

The paper investigates the poverty impact of growth in Ethiopia by analysing panel data covering the period 1994 to … mostdeveloping countries, urban and rural poverty in Ethiopia are not significantly different from each other. The analysis of the … structure of poverty shows asset ownership,education, type of crops planted, dependency ratios, and location to be important …