This report on measuring poverty using household consumption summarizes the work undertaken as part of the Brazil … Poverty Measurement Study (BRAPOV) that supported a program of analytical work and technical support via an in …-depth assessment of the measurement of poverty and inequality in Brazil. The survey not only presented an opportunity for in …

various consumption and investment goods. Contrary to other studies, the author finds that households receiving remittances … remittances. Instead of spending on consumption, households receiving remittances tend to spend more on investment goods, like … households with no remittances. These increased expenditures on education represent investment in human capital. Like other …

remittances (from Ghana) and international remittances (from African and other countries) on poverty and inequality in Ghana. To … internal and international remittances reduce the level, depth, and severity of poverty in Ghana. However, the size of the … poverty reduction depends on the type of remittances received. In general, poverty in Ghana is reduced more by international …

countries is the receipt of remittances or transfers from income earned by overseas emigrants. Official data show that …

Guatemala) and international remittances (from the United States) on poverty in Guatemala. With only one exception, he finds … that both internal and international remittances reduce the level, depth, and severity of poverty in Guatemala. However, he … finds that remittances have a greater impact on reducing the severity as opposed to the level of poverty in Guatemala. For …

The themes of the 2006 Global Economic Prospects (GEP) are international remittances and migration, their economic … consequences, and how policies can increase their role in reducing poverty. The GEP explores the gains and losses from … attention to remittances. The first chapter reviews recent developments in and prospects for the global economy and their …

"Seasonal poverty in Bangladesh, locally known as monga, refers to seasonal deprivation of food during the pre … labor markets has helped reduce seasonality in income and poverty in regions other than Rangpur in the recent past. Hence … targeted poor to contain income seasonality and poverty in this impoverished part of Bangladesh. "--World Bank web site …