Remittance is called the life blood of Bangladesh economy. In Bangladesh it contributes much in reducing poverty. In a … study of Institute of Microfinance led by Professor S.R. Osmani, we have seen that 4 % poverty of Bangladesh solely reduced … by foreign remittance. Microcredit is another important tool in reducing poverty. In the same study, we have seen that …

of the poverty line. …

Chile provides an interesting setting to analyze vulnerability to poverty, especially today, after the last poverty … count presented in 2013 by the Ministry of Planning. After twenty years of declining poverty, national indicators showed an … increase in poverty from 13% in 2006 to 14% in 2011. Using the CASEN panel data set, this paper explores some of poverty …

In this study, we analyze the privations welfare in Cameroon considering poverty and social exclusion. The framework … provided by the capability approach and construction of indicators of poverty and social exclusion by the fuzzy method from … ECAM III survey data shows that the overall level of poverty and social exclusion (respectively 0.4008 and 0.2291), are …

microcredit, this article addresses whether or not microcredit has the potential to alleviate poverty, and whether or not the …

The study examined the linkages between inequality in household expenditure components and total inequality and poverty …, reducing within-component inequality significantly reduces overall poverty and inequality in Ghana, compared to between … poverty and inequality. The findings imply that policies directed towards reducing within-component inequality will be more …

household expenditures and the possibility of computing poverty measures at a very disaggregate level. As such, we aim at … contributing with methodological advances in the assessment of the poverty impact of macro-policies. …