authors assess the impact of policy shocks on poverty by using partial growth elasticities. They perform various policy … growth and poverty reduction in Niger. …

for half of economic growth. Finally, institutions can affect poverty and equity, although the effects seem generally …

nationally representative household survey on poverty dynamics; (ii) to assess the robustness and reliability of official poverty … statistics; and (iii) to provide alternative estimates of poverty and welfare indicators in light of the methodological and … poverty-rate estimates: measurement errors in consumption data and flaws in the methodology used to calculate poverty lines …