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 …

This paper examines the combined effect of interest rates and poverty levels of microfinance clients on loan size … poverty level is suggested in targeting and sustaining microfinance clients. …

Over the last 35 years, microfinance has been generally regarded as an effective policy tool in the fight against … poverty. Yet, the question of whether access to credit leads to poverty reduction and improved wellbeing remains open. To … address this question, we conduct a systematic review of the quantitative literature of microfinance's impacts in the …

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 …