Much recent thinking on poverty and poverty reduction is ‘big’ in terms of its ideas, units of analysis, datasets … Bangladesh. Maymana and Mofizul’s story confirms much current thinking about persistent poverty in that country. [WP No. 22]. …

poverty. Also the paper discusses important policy levers, in relation to agriculture, urbanization, social protection and …

children, at risk of growing up poor and, in turn, passing their poverty on to their children. 100 million are older people … and long-term poverty, and to reduce vulnerability, and are thus one of the most significant areas of policy for …

The report deals with the estimation of poverty and identification of poor – differences in approach. It also … describes the characteristics and trends of urban poverty. The vulnerability of urban poor is categorized under three broad …

scheduled commercial banks and the changes in below poverty line population. The result suggests that the growth in bank … accounts is not significantly associated with the reduction in below poverty line population across states. As a poverty …

Fiscal policy measures are a key means by which governments can influence distribution and poverty, but in fact the … relationships between fiscal policy and poverty are not well understood. The most commonly used technique for assessing the … to more effective monitoring of the poverty impact of fiscal policy. [Discussion Paper No. 2002/43]. …

in Rajasthan, a state with one of the highest infant mortality rates in India. Urban poverty is significant in Rajasthan … with a fifth of the urban population living below the poverty line and in slums. Increasing numbers of poor migrants in … search of employment contribute to the rising levels of urban poverty in cities such as Jaipur, where the present study is …