The pace of poverty reduction through growth vs. redistribution is at the heart of current debates on equitable … development. In this paper, we argue that empirical poverty decompositions should build in the inherent boundedness of the poverty … headcount ratio directly. As a solution, we propose a fractional response approach to estimating poverty decompositions, and …

link migration and multidimensional child poverty. …

We review the origins of the dollar-a-day poverty line, discuss historical poverty and inequality trends, and forecast … poverty rates until 2030 using a new fractional response approach. Three findings stand out. First, global poverty reduction … since 1981 has been rapid but regional trends are heterogeneous. Second, the pace of poverty reduction at 1.25 a day will …

reduces the potential poverty reduction impact of the programmes. The paper discusses potential strategies for improving …

Poverty indicators often disagree about whether a person is poor or not. Yet, when it comes to assessing whether a … programme is successful in reaching the poor the dominant practice is to use an income poverty indicator. This paper …

in absolute poverty), the effect for the poorest expenditure quintiles remains high. Out-of-pocket payments deepen the … poverty headcount and also enlarge the poverty gap and again the effect is larger for the poorest quintiles. Future policy …

The Kyrgyz Republic has enjoyed remarkable success in poverty reduction in recent years. Poverty headcounts were halved …, these aggregate figures mask individual or household trajectories into and out of poverty. Additionally, the question arises … investigate poverty persistence and dynamics between 2005 and 2010, following an approach proposed by Dang, Lanjouw, Luoto, and …

"The "developing world's middle class" is defined here as those who are not poor when judged by the median poverty line …-fifths came from Asia, and half from China. Most of the new entrants remained fairly close to poverty, with incomes now bunched up …