Given the multiplicative decomposition of the Sen index into three commonly used poverty statistics – the poverty rate … (poverty incidence), poverty gap ratio (poverty depth) and 1 plus the Gini index of poverty gap ratios of the poor (inequality … of poverty) – the index becomes much easier to use and to interpret for economists, policy analysts and decision makers …

by groups and income sources. The multi-decomposition of the poverty growth yields respectively: the growth rate of the … poverty incidence (poverty rate) decomposed by groups, the growth rate of the poverty depth (poverty gap ratios) decomposed by …-decomposition is not unique. It is mainly dependent on poverty lines defined on the space of income sources. An application to …

This paper explores the link between poverty and inequality through an analysis of the poverty impact of changes in … empirical linkages between poverty, growth and inequality. It might also help design policies to improve both equity and welfare … as the choice of inequality and poverty aversion parameters, and that of the poverty line). The elasticities are also …

poverty lines. We then provide statistical procedures that rely on the use of sample data to infer whether growth has been pro …

or that of the change in inequality on poverty. During the last few years, there was a growing interest to perform such … Goal (MDG, henceforth), that is to cut poverty by half. As is illustrated in this paper, estimated poverty changes may be … a new numerical method to allow to estimate accurately the impact of distributive changes on poverty. …

recovery. This recovery has helped to growth to absolutely pro-poor and thus, to continue to reduce poverty in this region of …

We propose simple graphical methods to identify poverty-reducing marginal reforms of transfer programs. The methods are … based on Program Dominance curves that display cumulative program benefits weighted by powers of poverty gaps. These curves … whether the assessment of marginal program reforms is sensitive to the choice of poverty lines and poverty measures as well as …

The poverty impact of indirect tax reforms is analyzed using sequential stochastic dominance methods. This allows …