northern India over seven decades. We describe patterns of poverty dynamics and economic mobility in the village, and we … evidence on relative mobility and poverty dynamics. We then describe evidence on economic mobility obtained via synthetic … classes by households over time: poverty is not inevitably a chronic condition. However, less clear are the factors driving …

Chile, China, Egypt, and India, bringing out both the similarities and the differences between these countries in their …

Detailed analyses of poverty and wellbeing in developing countries, based on household surveys, have been ongoing for …, and their information base with respect to poverty and wellbeing has improved dramatically. Nevertheless, appropriate … measurement of poverty remains complex and controversial. This is particularly true in developing countries where (i) the stakes …

-for example, to end poverty; (ii) proposes a new way to raise and govern international public funds; (iii) discusses the possible …