Purpose – There has been growing interest in recent years in modelling various poverty-related issues. However, there … subsequent use in poverty focused models. The purpose of this paper is to fill this gap by empirically estimating best-fit income … distribution functions for different household income groups and computing poverty and inequality indices for Sri Lanka. Design …

Purpose – There has been growing interest in recent years in modelling various poverty-related issues. However, there … subsequent use in poverty focused models. The purpose of this paper is to fill this gap by empirically estimating best-fit income … distribution functions for different household income groups and computing poverty and inequality indices for Sri Lanka. Design …

Purpose – There has been growing interest in recent years in modelling various poverty‐related issues. However, there … subsequent use in poverty focused models. The purpose of this paper is to fill this gap by empirically estimating best‐fit income … distribution functions for different household income groups and computing poverty and inequality indices for Sri Lanka. Design …

-economic systems, and political structures. The challenges in achieving food security are to reduce poverty, increase food security … break the cycle of poverty. Originality/value – The paper presents comprehensive research work in the field of global food …

society, and to build a composite indicator of poverty (CIP) based on their preferences to act as a national benchmark for … poverty alleviation. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire was administered shortly before the eruption of the … Egyptian Revolution. A series of regression models were run to uncover what Egyptians perceive to be the causes of poverty …

Purpose – The role of household socio-economic factors towards achieving enduring poverty interventions especially … levers to improve welfare of the poor. The purpose of this paper is to examine poverty situations among urban households in … Ekiti State, Nigeria with emphasis on household socioeconomic characteristics and their associated influence on poverty …

. Higher levels of population under the poverty line, higher levels of the Gini Index, and being an African country lead to …