- better cushions the poverty effects of income shocks in a developing economy. We compare the effectiveness of the three … benefit schemes on poverty first conceptually and then by considering two different crisis scenarios, the COVID-19 pandemic … the proxy-means-tested benefits are the most effective in reducing the poverty gap index, a simple categorical benefit is …

to impute missing and interval-censored values in the 2000 and 2006 Labour Force Surveys, and compares poverty estimates … obtained under several different methods of reconciling coarsened earnings data. Estimates of poverty amongst the employed are …

We explore a novel first order dominance (FOD) approach to poverty mapping and compare its properties to small area … highlights the value of the approach, including its advantages in the monitoring and evaluation of public expenditures. We … conclude that the FOD approach to poverty mapping constitutes a useful addition to the toolkit of policy analysts. …

difficult to assess how global poverty has evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic. Standard poverty measurement requires … estimated poverty headcount was twice as high. There is evidence of survey fatigue occurring early in phone interviews but not …

high and stable growth and a decline in the poverty rate. Although rising, however, inequality is low in Ghana compared …

The poverty mapping methodology for estimating welfare rankings from small areas has proven to be useful in guiding … allocation of government funds, regional planning, and general policy formulation. Nevertheless, poverty mapping also suffers … for, and/or extension of the poverty mapping methodology. Second, it directly uses census data with a minimum of …

The official estimates of poverty in Pakistan have shown a remarkable and consistent decline in the poverty headcount … during the previous decade. This paper examines trends in poverty between 2001 and 2011 using the official food energy intake … and the cost of basic needs approaches, both of which are modified to allow poverty lines to vary over time and space. The …