public food subsidy programme, on consumption poverty, vulnerability and undernutrition in India drawing, on the large … evaluating the effects of RPW or PDS on poverty. We found significant and negative effects of household participation in RPW and … food for work programmes on poverty, undernutrition (e.g. protein) and vulnerability in 1993 and 2004. Indeed, poverty and …

Agriculture is an economic activity important to achieving the poverty reduction strategy goals of Tanzania. Growth in … agriculture has made contributions to GDP, foreign exchange earnings, and income poverty reduction. However, despite high growth … reflected in poverty reduction, particularly in rural areas. Using quantitative and qualitative data collected from rural …

This paper briefly reviews the literature on economic growth and poverty and then examines whether economic growth … influences poverty dynamics. The literature relating to the impact of economic growth on poverty reduction usually relies on … national or state-level information on economic growth and incidence of poverty. While this may capture broader dimensions of …

's poverty reduction strategy (MKUKUTA 2005-2010) has not translated into the expected reduction in poverty, as there has been a … rise in one million people living in poverty over the period 2001 to 2007. The official response has been a call for broad …

This study estimates ex ante poverty and vulnerability of households in Bangladesh using Household Income and … Expenditure Survey (HIES) data in 2005. Our results show that poverty is not same as vulnerability as a substantial share of those … currently above the poverty line is highly vulnerable to poverty in the future. The study finds that agricultural households or …