This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account features that have … based on equivalent income. These differences are illustrated using household-level panel data from Russia and Vietnam. …-dependence, loss aversion and diminishing sensitivity - aspects emphasized in prospect theory - to social welfare measurement. We …

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 …. This paper employs recently collected data on household consumption in Mozambique to examine the evolution of consumption …

This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account features that have … based on equivalent income. These differences are illustrated using household-level panel data from Russia and Vietnam …-dependence, loss aversion and diminishing sensitivity — aspects emphasized in prospect theory — to social welfare measurement. We …

relationship across countries. Typical explanations for this variation include measurement errors in growth-poverty accounting and … poverty reduction in Mozambique than in Vietnam. Investing in these areas can significantly enhance the effectiveness of …While economic growth generally reduces income poverty, there are pronounced differences in the strength of this …

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 …

This paper exploits five waves of the Vietnam Access to Resources Household Survey (VARHS) to investigate issues of … regressions exploring the effects of social and political capital on household income. Results indicate positive returns to …

We evaluate the impact on household income of Viet Nam's national target programme to build a new countryside for the … in household income of between 16 and 28 per cent, depending on the evaluation method used. As the comparison communes …

recent Viet Nam population censuses (1989, 1999, and 2009) and three Viet Nam Household Living Standard Surveys (1998, 2008 … welfare indicators, in particular poverty. We also found that horizontal inequality does matter for poverty reduction in Viet … Nam and it needs more attention when designing poverty policies in the future. …

, Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations, published in 1968. Myrdal pointed to the decisive nature of the … poverty reduction. People's living standards have improved significantly, and the country's socio-economic achievements are …

the differences across the income distribution and impacts on measures of poverty and inequality. The paper also evaluates … experienced by higher-income households. Additionally, the estimates point to moderate increases in both the headcount poverty … rate and the extent of poverty, as measured by the poverty gap. Automatic stabilizers had a limited effect in cushioning …