, the well-being of the poor improved. This evidence suggests that poverty estimates for Madagascar are more a reflection of …We use Arndt and Simler's (2010) utility-consistent approach to calculating poverty lines to analyse poverty in … Madagascar in 2001, 2005 and 2010. Because two major political crises occurred between the survey periods, the snapshots of …

Simler's (2010) utility-consistent approach to measuring consumption poverty in order to analyse poverty in Madagascar in …We adapt the standardized Poverty Line Estimation Analytical Software-PLEASe computer code stream based on Arndt and … differs from the approach undertaken by the national statistical office to produce the official poverty estimates and how the …

Nigeria has recorded impressive growth in the last decade, yet the impact of this growth on poverty reduction remains … unclear. This paper appraises spatial and temporal non-monetary multidimensional poverty in Nigeria using the first … is sensitive to indicator definitions, the overall results are robust and lend support to the view that poverty reduction …

's employment share declined, but most new jobs were in services. Concurrently, poverty incidence declined dramatically. Income …. Economic growth combined with structural change contributed to poverty reduction, but the magnitude of this impact depends … heavily on the poverty line used in calculating poverty. The Thai data support the Kuznets hypothesis of an inverted U …

its great success in poverty reduction, China has witnessed rapidly increasing income inequality which only began to …

poverty over the period, and what poverty reduction there has been has mostly occurred in Dar es Salaam. Indicators of non …-monetary poverty have gradually improved over the past 20 years but significant differences across the country remain. …

and channels with respect to income inequality, poverty, education, and health. To date, this area has received less … levels of resource rents can end up with significantly different achievements in terms of poverty, inequality, health, and …

Dutch colonial policies) and the extreme poverty witnessed in rural areas. Using historical and modern data on the …

consumption poverty and non-monetary poverty outcomes over this period, showing improvements in almost all indicators over this …-monetary outcomes, remains an important concern. This increase in inequality is one reason why growth has not led to faster poverty …