, this paper summarizes research findings on the relationship between urbanization, urban-rural inequality, and poverty, and … provides further empirical evidence on the role of urbanization and government policies in urban poverty. Several conclusions … can be drawn from. First, urbanization has a significant effect on reducing both poverty of rural residents and poverty of …

specifically on the poverty impacts of growth. Considering a cross-sectional perspective for poverty measurement, early …’s treatment of mobility encompasses both the gain of "mobility as equalizer" and the variability cost of poverty transiency …

Forward-looking poverty analyses are essential for targeting and implementing poverty prevention interventions. In the … presence of uncertainty and risk, the current poverty status of households is not a good indicator of whether they will be poor … household welfare and poverty measures based on the financial concept of risk aversion and the volatility in welfare, measured …

impact of financial literacy on poverty, which is a downstream welfare indicator. Consequently, we have constructed a … composite financial literacy index. Our results reveal that financial literacy plays an important role in reducing poverty. This …

Poverty-related studies are usually general examinations of the impact of policy reforms or major investments on the … determine the poverty implications of policy initiatives, it is important to stratify households according to income source and … in poverty headcount across income strata. Thus, changes in sector outcomes arising from policy reforms or major …

In this paper, we analyze the link between nutrition and poverty in two Asian countries where monetary-based poverty … reduction was especially successful. Thailand and Viet Nam are two emerging market economies where poverty rates are now below ….25 poverty line. Also, Thailand, after the economic crisis, with 19% of children underweight, is still above the World Health …

lift poor minority households out of poverty further and reduce the development gap. …