include economic growth, local poverty, and inequality, all of which are generally believed to accelerate the process. Of …

This study presents a comprehensive picture of poverty chnages in China in the period of 1978-95. Using two micro data … sets from Household Income Surverys of 1988 and 1995, the author examines poverty distribution among various localities and …

This paper documents how the structure of extended family networks in rural Mexico relates to the poverty and …

a day. Although they are above the average poverty line for developing countries, many people in these new â …€œmiddle classes†may be insecure and at risk of falling into poverty. This paper outlines indicative data on trends relating to … poverty and the non poor by different expenditure groups, and critically reviews the recent literature that contentiously …