This paper examines the relationship between measures of income poverty, undernourishment, childhood undernutrition … measures of deprivation, the measures generate some inter-regional paradoxes. Income poverty and child mortality is highest in … significant role in affecting these inter-regional puzzles and points to implications for research and policy …

policy relevant 20 percent baseline poverty rate he established for 1963. No existing poverty measure fully captures poverty …We evaluate progress in President's Johnson's War on Poverty. We do so relative to the scientifically arbitrary but … reductions based on the standard that President Johnson set. To fill this gap, we develop a Full-income Poverty Measure with …

Empirical evidence in the sparse literature on poverty convergence currently relies on cross-sectional analysis, where … Less Developed Countries (LDCs) starting out poorer are found to have enjoyed no faster subsequent poverty reduction during … the past three decades than those starting out richer, as initial poverty retards growth and makes it less effective in …

This paper investigates whether aspirations matter for education, which offers a common route out of poverty. We find …

its causes and the policy instruments to address it. We contribute to this debate providing theoretical and empirical …, while relatively less poor households reduce child labour and increase education. In policy terms, the results indicate that …

higher levels of poverty …

results support the line of literature suggesting that saving decisions involve psychological aspects and that policy makers …

analyses of low-income populations. We focus on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the source of official poverty and … understates the effects of anti-poverty programs and changes our understanding of program targeting, often making it seem that … data rather than survey data alone, the poverty reducing effect of all programs together is nearly doubled while the effect …