This paper presents a methodology to measure vulnerability to asset-poverty. Using repeated cross-section data, age … show that expected asset-poverty is a reliable proxy for expected consumption-poverty. Applying the methodology to nine … distribution of expected future asset-wealth, as they also generally do over the bi-dimensional distribution of present asset-wealth …

What is wealth? This paper proposes wealth and poverty are opposite sides of the same coin and to know the source of … answer the question: what is wealth? scarcity, economic strife and poverty would not exist in the world today. Two kinds of … wealth are discussed, aesthetic and technical wealth. Is it possible that contrary to belief, the use of assets and …

point we make two contributions. First we quantify the phenomena of poverty, richness, and inequality in housing comfort … significant rates of poverty (12.41%) and richness (22.03%). The evidence sustains that the differences between households derive …

for poverty reduction and rural development. The data and information were generated from combined descriptive and field …. The application of microcredit to other poverty groups who actually need subsidies and social safety nets would be a … Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC). Its graduated strategy for helping the poor should be applied to the poverty pyramid by …