Energy poverty is a frequently used term among energy specialists, but unfortunately the concept is rather loosely … defined. Several existing approaches measure energy poverty by defining an energy poverty line as the minimum quantity of … based on energy demand. The energy poverty line is defined as the threshold point at which energy consumption begins to rise …

reduce poverty. This paper describes the main mechanisms through which demographic change may affect economic outcomes, and … estimates the association between changes in the share of working-age population with per capita growth, savings, and poverty … poverty reduction …

business services. The paper assesses the poverty and shared prosperity impacts of deep integration to reduce these three types … in the macroeconomic variables that impact poverty and shared prosperity. The model estimates are used in the Global … Income Distribution Dynamics microsimulation model to obtain assessments of the changes in the poverty headcount and shared …

The impacts of climate change on poverty depend on the magnitude of climate change, but also on demographic and … in 92 countries shows that the drivers of poverty eradication differ across countries. Two representative scenarios are … selected from these hundreds. One scenario is optimistic regarding poverty and is labeled ?prosperity;? the other scenario is …

effects, particularly among urban households. Per capita consumption fell by 12.6 percent, raising poverty by 5.5 percentage … partly explain the increase in poverty seen in urban Guatemala between 2006 and 2011, which national authorities and analysts …

Climate change and climate policies will affect poverty reduction efforts through direct and immediate impacts on the … poor and by affecting factors that condition poverty reduction, such as economic growth. This paper explores this relation … between climate change and policies and poverty outcomes by examining three questions: the (static) impact on poor people …

-case, "pessimistic," path to that goal would see the developing world outside China returning to its slower pace of growth and poverty … reduction of the 1980s and 1990s, though with China maintaining its progress. This path would take another 50 years or more to … lift one billion people out of poverty. The more optimistic path would maintain the (impressive) progress against poverty …

poverty profile for 2005 is similar to the profile in the mid-1980s and hence at first glance it would appear that little has … two rounds of the Bangladesh Household Income and Expenditure Survey to decompose the micro-determinants of poverty … results shows that the spatial distribution of poverty seen in earlier decades has changed with time and the drivers of …