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This study assesses temporal and spatial distribution of child deprivation and income poverty using the fifth and sixth … deprivation of children aged 7 to 17 years, and the outcomes were compared to the incidence of income poverty. The analyses reveal … areas; and differences in regional rankings of deprivation and income poverty. Distinct policies for child deprivation and …
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We measure multidimensional poverty in India using National Sample Survey Organization data from 2014-15 to 2017-18. We … use income, health, education, and standard of living to measure the MPI. The MPI headcount declined from 26.9 to 13 ….75 per cent over the study period. The all-India estimates indicate that 144 million people were lifted from poverty during …
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on the role of (income) inequality in poverty reduction. The evidence involves both an indirect channel via the tendency … of high inequality to decrease the rate at which income is transformed to poverty reduction and the tendency of rising … headcount measure of poverty as the dependent variable and the Gini coefficient and PPP-adjusted mean income as explanatory …
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standard economic indicators of income/consumption and wealth, the paper briefly reviews distributions of selected non …
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We analyse income and expenditure distribution in China in a comparative perspective with India. These countries … represent extreme cases in the relationship of inequality to both wellbeing indicators. Income is more highly concentrated than … expenditure is more unequally distributed than income in urban areas. China has a much stronger correlation in individual ranks …
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This study focuses on growth, poverty and inequality in Rwanda. We take a broad perspective, in two respects. First, we …
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The primary policy response to suppress the spread of COVID-19 in high-income countries has been to lock down large …
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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 … suggest a new notion of equivalent income, the income level with which the individual would be as well off, evaluated using a …
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This paper reviews the pattern of poverty rates and income inequality in El Salvador since the 1990s. It discusses some … of the likely factors that explain the reduction in income inequality that has taken place in the country in the last …
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for in both cases. Middle-income countries are themselves becoming donors, but the poorest populations of these countries … development, though where this has been taken up in middle-income countries (e.g., India) donors have stood on the sidelines … preparation if poverty is to be taken more seriously by donors. …
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