grew tremendously, while immigration participated in the rapid urbanization process and the redistribution of poverty … economic transition and mobility for the country and its households? Or has it been a perverse trap? …

damage to poor households and foment social unrest in developing countries. We investigate this concern using Afrobarometer … that just 6.8 per cent of households overall and 12.2 per cent in urban areas meet all conditions for a lockdown. We …

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 … based on equivalent income. These differences are illustrated using household-level panel data from Russia and Vietnam. …

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. …

engaging children in child labour, can lock households in a low-income equilibrium or poverty trap. Provided that covariate …This paper examines the impacts of the financial, food and fuel crises on the livelihoods of low-income households … Nigeria. It uses primary household level data from Nigeria to analyse the impacts of induced price variability on household …

greatly reduce national poverty over the short-term. In this regard, agricultural growth is more effective, albeit with slower …-fundamentalist approach to African development, but the short-term imperative of reducing poverty necessitates further agricultural investment. …