This paper identifies and estimates the strength of the reduction in poverty linked to improved opportunities for women … in the expanding maquila sector. A simulation exercise shows that, at a given point in time, poverty in Honduras would … have been 1.5 percentage points higher had the maquila sector not existed. Of this increase in poverty, 0.35 percentage …

While the 2008 financial crisis is global in nature, it is likely to have heterogeneous welfare impacts within the … likely welfare losses in the short-term while also promoting longer-term recovery. …

. Periodic crises have had real but heterogeneous welfare impacts and not just for poor people; indeed, some of the conditions … that foster deep and persistent poverty, such as lack of connectivity to markets, have provided a degree of protection for …

Brazil's inequalities in welfare and poverty across and within regions can be accounted for by differences in household … quantiles of welfare distributions on regionally representative household survey data (2002-03 Household Budget Survey). The … analysis finds that household attributes account for most of the welfare differences between urban and rural areas within …

The paper presents a major overhaul to the World Bank's past estimates of global poverty, incorporating new and better … data. Extreme poverty-as judged by what "poverty" means in the world's poorest countries-is found to be more pervasive than … we thought. Yet the data also provide robust evidence of continually declining poverty incidence and depth since the …

At the outset of China's reform period, the country had a far higher poverty rate than for Africa as a whole. Within … five years that was no longer true. This paper tries to explain how China escaped from a situation in which extreme poverty …

, implying a relative poverty measure. The paper then reviews the problems encountered in testing for welfare effects of relative …The theory and evidence supporting a relativist approach to poverty measurement are critically reviewed. Various … sources of welfare interdependence are identified, including the idea of "relative deprivation" as well other (positive and …

contrast, there is little observed relationship between mental health and poverty or education, common measures of socio … impact on mental health than overall levels of poverty. This may have important implications for social protection policy … distinct from general subjective welfare measures such as happiness and indicate useful directions of future research. …

emergence from poverty depend on individual household characteristics of economic participation and asset holding. To fully … incidence of Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization. Provincial-level poverty reduction after full liberalization …, but the northwestern area of Vietnam is likely to lag behind. Furthermore, poverty can be shown to increase under …