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 …

Studies of poverty dynamics relying solely on household income-expenditure surveys can yield noisy results …, overestimating transient poverty and underestimating persistence of poverty, especially for the poorest. In this study, we make use … including promotional, protective and transformative strategies to make a real dent on extreme poverty.[CFPR-TUP Working Paper …

Multiple Meanings of Money: How Women See Microfinance by Smita Premchander, V. Prameela, M. Chidambaranathan, L …

Using data from a survey of clients of a microfinance bank, Khushhali Bank, in 2005, the study revisited the survey … data and found that despite the Bank’s strict poverty-targeting program used in client selection and despite the surveyâ …

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 …