Poverty declined substantially in Mozambique between 1996/97 and 2014/15. However, the recent economic crisis …, characterized by a significant increase in domestic prices, may have dragged several households into poverty. Using consumer price …' real consumption and poverty rate. We estimate that the national poverty rate may have risen to 55-60 per cent of the …

why. In addition, the impact of the crises on employment and poverty is in dispute. We develop a dynamic computable … commodity crisis increased employment and reduced poverty by favouring labour-intensive exports, especially in agriculture. The … people below the US$2-a-day poverty line, with the vast majority of these being rural dwellers. The net effect of the crises …

We study the labour market dynamics of men and women in El Salvador and Nicaragua, focusing on the factors that help … men and women move into an advantageous labour market state from an unfavourable state. We consider 'advantageous' states …

This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account features that have … the differences between standard poverty and inequality measures based on observed income and measures that are calculated …

This paper reviews the pattern of poverty rates and income inequality in El Salvador since the 1990s. It discusses some …

preparation if poverty is to be taken more seriously by donors. …

nutrition-based measures of poverty. Moreover, it can explain why the poor tend to save less, an established empirical fact in …

involved, of the difficulties which can arise in the measurement of poverty and inequality when one compares populations of … differing size. The paper begins with certain problems attending the measurement of poverty when the overall population size is … Parfit's quest for a satisfactory theory of wellbeing and the economist's quest for a satisfactory measure of poverty …

poverty reduction: helping the poor earn more in the labour market for the work they do, so that they can buy the goods and … services they need to move up out of poverty. …