evaluation comprise the alleviation of poverty and the reduction in income inequality, whilst the diversity of opinions about …

poverty indices to data contamination using the concept of the influence function. We show that poverty and inequality indices …Drawing on recent work concerning the statistical robustness of inequality statistics we examine the sensitivity of … have fundamentally different robustness properties, and demonstrate that an imporrtant commonly used subclass of poverty …

social policies are described and the effects on poverty and inequality are examined. The limitations of a social policy that … livelihood approach is analysed and its potential to reduce poverty and inequality are considered. …Despite prolonged economic growth, poverty has become a more notable and noted feature of Chinese society. The paper …

Inequality measurement involves explicit or implicit value judgements. The subjective approach to inequality …

income inequality and poverty, as well as lower progressivity of the income tax system. …

to research on poverty, well-being and inequality, where there is a need to define and justify the thresholds and …