to data from 12 countries, and investigate resource shares, gender gaps, and poverty at the individual level. We reject … equal sharing, and find large gender gaps in resource shares, and consequently in poverty rates, in some countries. …

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 …

This paper analyses the evolution of consumption poverty in Rwanda between 2001/1 and 2010/11, using three comparable …. The first half of the 2000s was associated with slow poverty reduction and an increase in inequality, while in the second … half of the period there was faster consumption growth, a sharp fall in poverty, and a modest reduction in inequality …

This paper examines the allocation of resources of poverty rates within households in Suriname. To this end we employ a …

Poverty declined substantially in Mozambique between 1996/97 and 2014/15. However, the recent economic crisis …, characterized by a significant increase in domestic prices, may have dragged several households into poverty. Using consumer price …' real consumption and poverty rate. We estimate that the national poverty rate may have risen to 55-60 per cent of the …

financial inclusion would be important in the quest to reduce the incidence of poverty and vulnerability as well as inequality. …

. Further, the reduction of poverty is typically the expressed goal of such countries, and this feature is also taken into … of private and public goods for the poverty minimization case, and compare the results to those derived under a general … to pay attention to when designing poverty alleviation policies. …