This paper contributes to explain the cross-country heterogeneity of the poverty response to changes in economic growth …' wages and, thus, poverty alleviation. Then it presents cross-country empirical evidence that analyzes first, the … differential poverty-reducing impact of sectoral growth at various levels of disaggregation, and the role of unskilled labor …

Poverty estimates based on enumeration from a single point in time form the cornerstone for much of the literature on … poverty. Households are typically interviewed once about their consumption or income, and their wellbeing is assessed from … their responses. Global estimates of poverty that aggregate poverty counts from all countries implicitly assume that the …

This paper examines the determinants of agricultural productivity and its link to poverty using nationally … representative data from the Nigeria General Household Survey Panel, 2010/11. The findings indicate an elasticity of poverty … lead to poverty reduction for agricultural households …

measuring poverty among refugee populations. However, refugee data remain scarce, particularly in relation to the measurement of … income, consumption, or expenditure. This paper offers a first attempt to measure poverty among refugees using cross … system, the proposed methodology offers out-of-sample predicted poverty rates. These estimates are not statistically …

This study explores the short-run transitions between poverty, vulnerability, and middle class, using synthetic panels …

model that shows how exogenous variations in market power affect poverty. Increased market power leads to economy … incomes of households, particularly among the poor. Declines in poverty in this context are only possible in the case wherein … poverty eradication. This result suggest the possibility of taxing extranormal rents extracted by firms with market power and …