The present study examines whether rural non-farm employment has any poverty and/or vulnerability-reducing effect in … the rural non-farm employment in both Vietnam and India - which is consistent with its poverty reducing role of accessing … risks. When we disaggregate non-farm sector employment by its type, we find that poverty and vulnerability reducing effects …

The present study examines whether employment in the rural non-farm sector (RNFE) has any poverty-reducing and … consistent with poverty reducing role of accessing RNFE - with the aggregate effect larger in Vietnam than in India. Access to … non-farm sector would reduce such risks. When we disaggregate non-farm sector employment by its type, we find that poverty …

-level allocation of poverty alleviation programs drawing upon National Sample Survey data and the Election Commission's election data … less provision of the poverty alleviation programs. Second, the disadvantaged groups were not necessarily likely to be the … primary beneficiaries of the poverty alleviation programs. Third, our results based on the natural experiment approach suggest …

The objective of the present study is to examine whether household access to microfinance reduces poverty. Using … national household data from India, treatment effects model is employed to estimate the poverty-reducing effects of MFIs loans … for productive purposes, such as investment in agriculture or non-farm businesses on household poverty levels. These …