Poverty and well-being are multidimensional. Nobody questions that deprivations and achievements go beyond income …. There is, however, sharp disagreement on whether the various dimensions of poverty and well-being can be aggregated into a … single, multidimensional index in a meaningful way. Is aggregating dimensions of poverty and well-being useful? Is it …

The poverty scenario in Gujarat is marked by three features: (1) low incidence of poverty (2) spatial concentration and … (3) adoption of targeted policy for poverty reduction. One of the important highlights of the initiatives by the … individual/household as well as area based approach for alleviation of multi-dimensional poverty across the regions in the state …

tradition of measurement of inequality that follows from this conceptualisation have not paid adequate attention to the need for …

This paper compares the latest estimates of poverty (1999–2000) made by the Planning Commission with earlier … (2003) in this regard. The paper traces the comparable poverty estimates for the 1980s and 1990s in their levels and change … and uses the extent of poverty reduction implicit in these estimates to assess the magnitude of poverty reduction in the …

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

individuals from migration, in terms of poverty outcomes are analysed. The analysis is based on the 55th round survey data on …-economic profiling of the migrant households in urban India and explore the dynamics of poverty among interstate as well as intrastate …

This paper focuses on poverty dynamics and their determinants, using panel survey data for rural Sindh, Pakistan …

intergenerational cycle of poverty and inequity and of laying the foundation for a more peaceful, tolerant and equitable world. URL …