income mobility in Malaysia in 2004-16. On aggregate, there were large reductions in chronic poverty and increases in …This study employs a synthetic panel approach based on nationally representative micro-level data to track poverty and …. Further, the poverty and income dynamics differ notably across geographic dimensions. Such disparities are most striking when …

This paper evaluates effectiveness of microfinance using Propensity Score Matching (PSM) method applied to data … the original study and provide more nuanced evidence by comparing Microfinance Institution (MFI) borrowers to those … true microfinance impact. The results suggest that microfinance can make a modest difference for some households in several …

?" that microcredit for women had significant, favorable effects on poverty reduction. In this paper the authors show that …

Microfinance is generally seen as a way to fix credit markets and unleash the productive capacities of poor people who … are dependent on self-employment. The microfinance sector has grown quickly since the 1990s, paving the way for other …, generating a backlash against microfinance. This paper reconsiders the claims about microfinance, highlighting the diversity in …

the aggregate poverty impact of micro-finance in an economy with low economic growth is modest or nonexistent. The …Micro-finance supports mainly informal activities that often have low market demand. It may be thus hypothesized that … observed borrower-level poverty impact is then a result of income redistribution or short-run income generation. The author …

. Others describe microcredit with interest rates in excess of 20 percent as a poverty trap. This paper uses more than 20 years … rejects the hypothesis that these microcredit programs are a poverty trap. Moreover, the paper finds moderately positive …

This paper summarizes the approach used to estimate monetary poverty for Pakistan in 2019-20 at the district level. The … instead of a census as the target data offers additional information for modeling poverty, but it also comes at the expense of … noise due to sampling. Monetary poverty rates are estimated for 126 districts in Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and …

longitudinal surveys and the at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion framework to analyze recent temporal trends in absolute … multidimensional poverty across the 27 countries in the European Union and its subregions. The analysis quantifies the extent …, composition, and factors associated with the higher risks of multidimensional poverty across four countries (Bulgaria, Romania …

In the fiscal year 2018/19, 21.9 percent of the population in Pakistan lived below the national poverty line. Since … ascertain the implications of these different shocks on household welfare and poverty. Up-to-date welfare information is crucial … household survey with high-frequency macro indicators to produce nowcasts and forecasts of poverty. The tool models household …