poverty using detailed micro-data across Brazilian states, from 1987 to 2005. Results suggest that Brazilian states that were … more exposed to tariff cuts experienced smaller reductions in household poverty and inequality. If significance of results … on Brazilian states depends on the choice of poverty and inequality indicators, robust and contrasting results emerge …

poverty using detailed micro-data across Brazilian states, from 1987 to 2005. Results suggest that Brazilian states that were … more exposed to tariff cuts experienced smaller reductions in household poverty and inequality. If significance of results … on Brazilian states depends on the choice of poverty and inequality indicators, robust and contrasting results emerge …

food crop producers. However, official statistics on poverty suggest that the cotton growing region of Sikasso is among the … detailed analysis of this paradox, the so-called Sikasso paradox. The official statistics on poverty are set out and data and …