The study tries to answer the following questions: Will exposure to world agricultural prices generate more poverty or … substantial effect in reducing poverty. Moreover, the combined effects of global and domestic liberalization are more pro …

In this paper we compute a multi-dimensional poverty index (MPI) for Uganda following the approach proposed by Alkire … and Forster (2007). Using household survey data we show how the incidence of multi-dimensional poverty has fallen in …-dimensional poverty. We also compare the results from Uganda with other countries for which the MPI has been computed and we note some …

, Nigeria. Different conceptions of poverty were constructed: the traditional money-metric measure and differing … multidimensional constructs of poverty. Data from a survey of households in Nsukka were used. The counting and FGT methodologies were … used to measure poverty and deprivation. Ordinary least squares, probit and counting models were also used to assess …

, welfare, and poverty under various fiscal scenarios. A computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of the Pakistan economy for … benefit, whereas the poor lose out. The fall in urban poverty dominates the increase in rural poverty such that overall … poverty is reduced. …

The paper studies the multidimensional aspects of poverty and living conditions in Ghana. The aim is to fill the vacuum … that has been left by traditional uni-dimensional measures of deprivation based on poverty lines, exclusively estimated on … the whole country in 1998/99 as compared to 0.2123 in 1991/92. This deprivation trend reveals that poverty levels hard …

preferential credit. This paper examines poverty targeting and impact of the micro-credit program. It is found that the program is … on poverty reduction of the participants. This positive impact is found for all the three Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty …

This research quantifies the effects on poverty in Ecuador of bilateral trade liberalization with the U.S. and fiscal … policies as the main mechanisms through which trade impacts poverty. The paper combines a reduced-form micro household income … small. Indigence and income distribution effects are small but positive. There are mixed results on poverty. The best …

labour in the form of wages. Given that poverty is most prevalent in rural areas, where there is a 74.3 percent incidence of … poverty as opposed to 36.8 percent for urban areas, it is reasonable for the government to make improved productivity and the …