change in rice price on the one hand, and poverty and food insecurity (measured by calorie intake) on the other, are … increase in the real income of consumers following lower prices for a staple food, the poverty rate is calculated to fall from … 0.24 to 0.16. The measures of poverty gap and poverty severity are also expected to fall, by 0.07 and 0.26 respectively …

In spite of rapid overall economic growth in the 1990s, rural poverty in Pakistan did not decline. Panel data covering … for other factors, electrification of the village and paved roads raise household real expenditures by about 75 and 100 … impact on rural poverty. …

-oriented community forest policies in Nepal on three household income groups. The results show that current community forest policies … income of the poorest households and largely explain the recent increase in rural poverty. …

a especially designed household survey for a representative sample of rural towns we are able to link access to … telephone services with household income. We find, that regardless of the income measurement, most characteristics of public …

a source of income. Research methods leading to a better understanding of the role of livestock in household poverty … primary role in household poverty escapes in one of the study regions but not the other. Livestock strategies that have helped … and household surveys, giving us a combination of qualitative and quantitative results. We examined how, over the last 10 …

that biofuels investment enhances growth and poverty reduction despite some displacement of food crops by biofuels. Overall … reduces the incidence of poverty by about six percentage points over a 12-year phase-in period. Benefits depend on production …

employment with interesting gender implications. Likewise, aggregate household incomes rise, including for poor and vulnerable … farmers, highlighting that Bt cotton contributes to poverty reduction and rural development. …

poverty. In short run, the oil-biofuels nexus was clearly the driving force behind the surge in food prices, but export … sharply in many countries, and that global poverty levels have increased markedly. The good news is that the supply response … clear that additional people will fall into poverty and become food insecure. Lastly, the global food system is …

This study evaluates the impacts of a community-driven development (CDD) project on household income and acquisition of …