This paper analyzes the trend in, and determinants of poverty in Mali from 2001 and 2006. Thanks to strong economic … growth, poverty has been reduced. Yet due to demographic growth, the number of the poor is still increasing. Households … working in agriculture, especially in the cotton producing area of Sikasso, suffer from higher rates of poverty. Other …

This study is based on the results of the non-monetary poverty estimation of the beneficiaries of microfinance in Mali … (Koloma, 2011). Its aim is to examine the determinants of the "gap" of poverty by gender. The regression model according to … the approach of decomposition of Blinder-Oaxaca (1973) was used. First, the results show that the poverty gap is largely …

This study is based on the results of the non-monetary poverty estimation of the beneficiaries of microfinance in Mali … (Koloma, 2011). Its aim is to examine the determinants of the "gap" of poverty by gender. The regression model according to … the approach of decomposition of Blinder-Oaxaca (1973) was used. First, the results show that the poverty gap is largely …

data from Demographic and Health Surveys in rural Mali, where polygyny rates among married women are close to 50 per cent …

poverty during 1996-2006. Using the National Socioeconomic Characterization panel survey data, we adopt the Chaudhuri et al …

implemented one of the biggest poverty reduction programs entitled ‘Socio-economic Development for the Communes Facing Greatest … important result is that poverty among minority households in treatment communes declined significantly more than it declined in …

implemented one of the biggest poverty reduction programs entitled ‘Socio-economic Development for the Communes Facing Greatest …-capita income. A particularly important result is that poverty among minority households in treatment communes declined …

the economy. If that happens, foreign aid could be an enormous catalyst for economic development—and poverty may soon …