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We evaluate the impact of the rise in food prices during 2006-2008 on the poverty and extreme poverty rates in Mexico … prices of food products. We find a modest increase in poverty using 2006-2007 prices, however, there is a daunting effect on … in 2008, such as reduced taxes and tariffs on food products and greater subsidies to the extremely poor, the poverty rate …
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decomposition. Results in deprivation analysis and inequalities related reveal some new insights about the poverty situation in the … country, which contrasts with the results available from traditional poverty analysis. We observe respectively, high …
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The existing literature on poverty has discussed about the conflict between income-based measure and nutrition … status driven utility function reconciles the conflict between income based and nutrition based measures of poverty. …
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The conflict between the income based and nutrition based estimates of poverty is a widely debated issue in economic … function can reconcile the conflict between the two measures of poverty. In addition, a simple general equilibrium model using …
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's capabilities approach presents poverty as a deprivation of elementary functioning in terms of housing, health, employment, leisure … poverty in Cameroon. From our application, we can see that in most cases, human capabilities (instruction, housing) as well as … economic capabilities (employment, leisure) are those which explain the high level of total poverty. These results are …
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The commonly used poverty indices measure the overall level of poverty in a society but fail to capture the … differential intensity across different socioeconomic groups. This paper proposes a new measure, Inequality of Poverty Index … poverty across different subgroups. It can be used to determine the major socioeconomic factors …
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consequences on individuals' welfare. In literature one of the concepts that aims to measure it is vulnerability to poverty, that … is the probability, today, of being in poverty or to fall into deeper poverty in the future (The World Bank, 2011). This … understand which is the best signal of poverty that can be used for policies purposes. To this aim the Receiver Operating …
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Developing countries attach enormous importance to physical infrastructure for poverty reduction. We contend that this … between infrastructure and poverty in India in a regional framework. Infrastructural availability improves average living … standards and lowers the incidence of poverty but the relation between infrastructural situation and inequality indicates higher …
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This chapter offers a primer on poverty, inequality, and vulnerability analysis and a guide to resources on this topic …. It is written for decision makers who want to define the type of information they need to monitor poverty reduction and …
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When ever the Planning Commission of India releases the poverty data, that data is being criticised by experts and … economists. The main criticism is underestimation of poverty especially in rural India by the Planning Commission. This paper … focuses on that criticism and compares the Indian Planning Commission’s 2004-05 rural poverty data with the India’s 2400 kcal …
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