Measuring poverty remains a complex and contentious issue. This is particularly true in sub-Saharan Africa where … poverty rates are higher, information bases typically weaker, and the underlying determinants of welfare relatively volatile … poverty with focus on the period 2002/03 to 2008/09. The paper contributes in four areas. First, the period in question was …

This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account features that have …-dependence, loss aversion and diminishing sensitivity — aspects emphasized in prospect theory — to social welfare measurement. We … the differences between standard poverty and inequality measures based on observed income and measures that are calculated …

This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account features that have …-dependence, loss aversion and diminishing sensitivity - aspects emphasized in prospect theory - to social welfare measurement. We … the differences between standard poverty and inequality measures based on observed income and measures that are calculated …

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 …

inherent in defining and measuring the size of urban versus rural populations. We show that differences in the measurement of …

This paper explores the relationship between microcredit and poverty reduction. To investigate this question, we posit … supply constraints to the household's graduation from poverty. These constraints are difficult to overcome in a traditional …

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 …

people at the lower end of income distribution will graduate into the middle class category. The increase in poverty rates …

This study explores the relationship between household poverty and depth of informality by proposing a new measure of …

Debates about poverty relief and foreign aid often hinge on claims about how many poor people there are in the world … and what constitutes poverty. Good measures of poverty are essential for addressing the world poverty problem. Measures of … poverty require a basis for determining who is poor and a method of aggregation. Historically, the methods of aggregation were …