distribution of the poor and non poor households is then explored by construction of a poverty segregation curve across efficiency … zones. Robust poverty comparisons across the efficient and inefficient groups reveal that poverty is in fact higher for the …

The paper proposes a simple framework for the evaluation of anti-poverty programs based on single means differences …, FGT poverty measures and stochastic dominance theory. A Treatment Effect Curve (TEC) is derived and its use illustrated …

history of the recipient village affects the impact that reductions in remittances have on rural poverty levels. The … hypothesis is that for a given decrease in remittances the increase in poverty is bigger in villages with a higher migration …

This paper uses panel data to decompose total poverty into its chronic and transient components and to estimate the … determinants of each type of poverty for the case of Mexico. It was found that 69 percent of total poverty is chronic and 31 … poverty are different from those explaining transient poverty. These results indicate that chronic poverty is an issue which …

The impact of trade openness on poverty has been in the limelight for a few decades now, since most developing … countries relaxed their trade regimes. Poverty has always been a central issue for developing countries mainly because of their … effects of trade openness on poverty. We find that poverty has a negative and significant relationship with total trade …

The paper proposes a simple framework for the evaluation of anti-poverty programs based on single means differences …, FGT poverty measures and stochastic dominance theory. A Treatment Effect Curve (TEC) is derived and its use illustrated …

among households with incomes above the poverty line, but these findings are less robust in the face of some sensitivity …

This paper measures the impact of production of traded agricultural products on households'''' welfare and poverty in … households increase expenditure and income. Regarding to the impact on poverty, perennial crops and aquacultural products reduce … the poverty incidence of the producing households by 3.1 and 4.7 percentage points, respectively. Perennial crops and …