Relative deprivation (RD), also known as relative poverty , an idea implicitly put forward by Adam Smith in The Wealth …

. Recent evidence revealed that growth in Asia has been accompanied by an increase in relative poverty, or income inequality …. High income inequality can slow the rate of poverty reduction, and create social unrest and anxiety. The quality of … growth and institutional quality on poverty and income inequality in nine developing countries of Asia for the period 1985 …

education coefficient. Households at risk of poverty are also taken into account. Income inequality is measured by way of the … coefficient, as well as between education and households at risk of poverty. The biggest share is represented by households where … negative dependence between the education level and number of households at risk of poverty. Within analyzed period of five …

coverage, and reduction of poverty and extreme poverty, which effects extend to the entire family. …

results of this plan on coverage extension and its effects on poverty and income distribution. Between the main results, it … was found that the Plan allowed to include 2,3 millions of benefits, contributed to poverty reduction of elderly from 27 …

Conditioned transfers programs are used by several countries in the region as a mechanism to fight poverty and … inequality. These policies are basically aimed at focusing monetary transferences on families with underage children, and to … demand and poverty levels. Section 5 presents a brief analysis on the re-distributory impact of regional allocation, while …

fight against short term poverty and promote investment in human capital, has generated a broad debate in society. This … paper analyzes the impact of this program on poverty and whether it encourages labor informality or not, through micro …-simulations. The results show that the program has positive effects on reducing poverty, meanly among children and that it does not …