We contribute to the literature on trends in living standards in Tanzania by analysing child welfare using two multi-dimensional … approaches, first-order dominance (FOD) and Alkire-Foster (AF). Between 1991/92 and 2010, remarkably similar area rankings emerge … in the middle. The methodologies also complement each other by providing upper and lower bounds on underlying welfare …

the levels of income poverty of grower and non-grower household groups, following exogenous shocks, such as contract … results indicate that productivity gains have a broad-based income growth and poverty reduction potential, even greater than … control of domestic agents. While current poverty impacts of cotton cropping are relatively small, there is high potential for …

Since 1994, a great deal has been accomplished. We argue that poverty reduction was temporarily sidelined in the 2000s … agriculture and a weather shock, undermined progress in measured consumption poverty. We expect progress in poverty reduction to … resume. These shocks also exposed persistent weaknesses in development strategies and programmes. Nevertheless, Mozambique …

We broadly review the challenges encountered and choices made in the national assessments of consumption poverty using … estimates produce qualitatively very similar results. We conclude that the principal conclusions of the poverty assessments are …

The poverty mapping methodology for estimating welfare rankings from small areas has proven to be useful in guiding … approach is multi-dimensional allowing for a broader conception of poverty. Finally, FOD indicators can be chosen that relate … allocation of government funds, regional planning, and general policy formulation. Nevertheless, poverty mapping also suffers …

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. …

Poverty-growth elasticities are frequently calculated to provide insight into the inclusiveness of the growth process …. Mathematically, the formula employed to calculate the growth elasticity of poverty leads to lower values for higher initial poverty … and space. Poverty-growth semi-elasticities provide a more robust measure of the responsiveness of poverty to growth. …

poverty rates are higher, information bases typically weaker, and the underlying determinants of welfare relatively volatile …Measuring poverty remains a complex and contentious issue. This is particularly true in sub-Saharan Africa where … poverty with focus on the period 2002/03 to 2008/09. The paper contributes in four areas. First, the period in question was …

poverty rates are higher, information bases typically weaker, and the underlying determinants of welfare relatively volatile …Measuring poverty remains a complex and contentious issue. This is particularly true in sub-Saharan Africa where … poverty with focus on the period 2002/03 to 2008/09. The paper contributes in four areas. First, the period in question was …

We explore a novel first order dominance (FOD) approach to poverty mapping and compare its properties to small area … estimation. The FOD approach uses census data directly; is straightforward to implement; is multidimensional allowing for a broad … conception of welfare; and accounts rigorously for welfare distributions in both levels and trends. An application to Mozambique …