the Planning Commission poverty line, the paper computes poverty and inequality indices from the large sample surveys of … NSS consumer expenditure data and demonstrates that the intertemporal changes in the poverty ratio has been more …

The extent and seriousness of poverty vary markedly across Asian developing countries, and so does the rate at which … poverty has changed over time. In addition, there are large intercountry differences in the extent to which social services … demonstrate that poverty is the outcome not only of economic phenomena but also of social and political processes and how these …

The present paper discusses the poverty measurement techniques being used in and the poverty profile of Bangladesh … Poverty Monitoring Survey (PMS) conducted by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). Poverty in Bangladesh was earlier measured … by direct calorie intake (DCI) method. The food energy intake (FEI) method was first used in the Poverty Monitoring …

"A number of empirical studies using cross-country data have found that poverty incidence responds very strongly to … economic growth. This paper explores the impact of economic growth as well as changes in income inequality on poverty reduction … positive effect on poverty reduction, income inequality has a sharply negative effect. Income inequality reduces the rate of …

"Indonesia has an impressive record of economic growth and poverty reduction over the past two decades. The growth-poverty …/kabupatens), however, reveal huge differences in poverty changes, subnational economic growth, and local attributes. Results of econometric …. Thus, while fostering economic growth is evidently crucial, a more complete poverty reduction strategy should take into …

reducing poverty from 61 percent in 1993 to 37 percent in 1998. Analysis of provincial panel data suggests that the … factors could contribute to reinforcing both growth and poverty reduction in the long run. …

governance for poverty alleviation policies. This issue is a crucial one because although remarkable strides have been made in … question: Why have poverty alleviation efforts by developing countries not achieved the momentum necessary to improve the … countries is that poverty reduction strategies have often been politically naive. The literature spawned by major development …

guide development practitioners in prioritizing, sequencing, and characterizing all interventions aimed at reducing poverty. …

PPPs work for the poor. First, integrate PPPs into the governments' poverty reduction strategies, interpret such strategies … as a form of "market research", and use them as "marketing opportunities." Second, weave poverty considerations into the …

This paper reviews the poverty measuring practices, available measures of poverty, and economic growth figures of Nepal …. The currently available three poverty rates for fiscal years 1976/77, 1984/85, and 1995/96 are found to be not comparable … mainly due to change in methodology over time. Despite such methodological changes, the three poverty rates average around 40 …