This study applies the regression-based inequality decomposition technique to explain poverty and inequality trends in …

DAD is designed to facilitate the analysis and the comparisons of social welfare, inequality, poverty and equity across … reforms to these programs) on poverty and equity. …

Most of the earlier studies of poverty in Kenya have basically been static in nature. They have attempted to measure … necessarily provide a good indication of welfare stability over time. This study makes an empirical contribution to poverty … analysis in Kenya by incorporating poverty dynamics dimension. We first examine poverty dynamics using economic transition …

price of food items is higher. Therefore, the poverty headcount ratio increases. As expected, a reduction in the world price … and poverty, particularly in the rural areas. …

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 …

in 2008. The program is focused on children aged 0 to 18 and aims at alleviating poverty and promoting school attendance … attendance, poverty, inequality and adult labour supply. Our ex-ante estimated effects indicate that teenage school attendance … attendance shows a progressive pattern. The program also significantly reduces extreme poverty, and to a lesser extent, the …

, the poverty effects of these trading arrangements are not yet fully known. This paper, which uses a computable general … instrumental in reducing poverty in the country. It also shows that the relatively poor and less-skilled household groups, like … preferential and multilateral trade liberalization in order to help eradicate poverty. …

instability. The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of regional integration on the country's labour market and poverty. We … negative effects on investment. Finally, the effects on poverty and income distribution obtained through microsimulations are …

This study investigates the impact of the gender of the household head on the determinants of monetary poverty in the … areas. The results show that there has not been any feminization of poverty since 1995. In 1999, the incidence of poverty … among female household heads was lower than that of their male-headed counterparts, but in some cities the poverty gap was …