effects, particularly among urban households. Per capita consumption fell by 12.6%, raising poverty by 5.5 percentage points …, issues of measurement error, and different samples. The negative effects of the storm partly explain the increase in poverty …

increased the incidence, intensity and severity of poverty in Nigeria. In addition we find that exposure to violent conflict …

for the rich. Similarly, in villages with higher inequality, individuals report less satisfaction with life. However, when … compared to the effect of absolute income, these effects (i.e. relative income and local inequality) are modest. Amongst other …

Hardly any literature exists on the relationship between equivalence scales and poverty dynamics for transitional … countries. We offer a new study on the impacts of equivalence scale adjustments on poverty dynamics for Russia, using the … composition.The adjustments for the equivalence of scales result in lower estimates of poverty lines. We decompose poverty into …

commercialization and transfer of technologies, and increased income inequality and concentration of severe poverty in certain regions …

In contrast to his contribution to other areas, Shubhashis Gangopadhyay's contributions to our understanding of poverty … Gangopadhyay directly takes on poverty, including its estimate and understanding its sources. Our contribution honours Gangopadhyay … poverty incidence. We highlight how far it can take us, and how it still leaves us far short of understanding much of what …