well-known inequality indices. The same cannot be said, in respect of poverty indices, for the second-order stochastic … dominance criterion for poverty analysis introduced by Atkinson (1987). Indeed, two of the best known poverty indices, the head … provides a more comprehensive coverage of poverty indice. By establishing the relationship between welfare and poverty …

This paper documents the impact of Argentina's recent economic crises on different aspects of poverty, with a special … focus on the economic collapse of 2002. We discuss the methodology of poverty measurement in Argentina and we use a simple … rule to compensate for the lack of regional poverty figures until 2001, providing consistent series of urban poverty …

-adjusted income and poverty measures and to analyze their determinants. Taking risk into account increases poverty. The regression …

The Lisbon summit of the European Council in March 2000 declared the number of people living in poverty and social … conclusions was a commitment to the collection of better data on poverty and social exclusion in the EU. …

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 …

This report consists of a collection of essays on extreme poverty. The first part of the report deals with what it … means to live in extreme poverty, how to reach the very poor, through programs, and interventions, and how to make private … poverty, and human rights. …

This report presents an update of poverty and income distribution statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean and …

The quantitative and qualitative approaches to poverty measurement and analysis have often been treated by … on poverty. The main conclusion of this paper is that sole reliance on either the quantitative or the qualitative …

The alleviation of poverty has been the prime objective of small-scale targeted credit programs such as the Grameen … both lesing poverty and sustaining household welfare on a long-term basis. …