The paper develops a concept and a measure of the monetary capacity of a country to reduce its own poverty and shows … to rank countries according to their own monetary poverty reduction capacity. As shown in the empirical application, this …

the long-run, growth reduces poverty. Yet, growth in output - per se - is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition … for poverty reduction in the short-term. The paper uses a number of parametric and non-parametric methodologies to assess … the relation between growth and poverty in Kazakhstan, a country that experienced rapid growth and poverty reduction in …

The paper proposes a simple framework for the evaluation of anti-poverty programs based on single means differences …, FGT poverty measures and stochastic dominance theory. A Treatment Effect Curve (TEC) is derived and its use illustrated …

Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in India -a nation-wide poverty alleviation programme which was introduced in 2005. The focus … poverty, and (ii) whether recent hikes in NREGS wages are inflationary. Our analysis confirms responsiveness of excess demand … to poverty. Also, apprehensions expressed about the inflationary potential of recent hikes in NREGS wages have been …

-level allocation of poverty alleviation programs drawing upon National Sample Survey data and the Election Commission's election data … less provision of the poverty alleviation programs. Second, the disadvantaged groups were not necessarily likely to be the … primary beneficiaries of the poverty alleviation programs. Third, our results based on the natural experiment approach suggest …

informal credit, leading to the improvement in economic security and poverty reduction. Using a three-round household panel …

This paper analyzes the decentralization of decision-making in aid-giving in a theoretical rent-seeking framework. In …, fashionable aid procedures will lead to the development of a poverty trap. …