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 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 …

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 …

The study presents recent global evidence on the transformation of economic growth to poverty reduction in developing …-specific data are analysed for the US$1.25 and US$2.50 level poverty headcount ratios using the most recent World Bank data. The … study finds that on average income growth has been the major driving force behind both the declines and increases in poverty …

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 …

The United Nations Millennium Declaration commits to halving extreme poverty between 2000 and 2015. The South African … government has set a goal of halving poverty by 2014, although the meaning of this goal has not yet been defined. This article … specifies government's stated target of halving poverty by 2014 in terms of specific measures of the poverty gap and poverty …

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 …

poverty. It is based on the findings of primary fieldwork on the char islands of north-west Bangladesh, investigating the …

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 …