. Finally, remittances contribute to poverty reduction – especially through their direct effects. Migration and remittances are …

. Finally, remittances contribute to poverty reduction – especially through their direct effects. Migration and remittances are …

food subsidy programme, on consumption poverty, vulnerability and undernutrition in India drawing upon the large household … effects of RPW or PDS on poverty. We have found significant and negative effects of the household participation in RPW and … Food for Work Programmes on poverty, undernutrition (e.g. protein) and vulnerability in 1993 and 2004. On the contrary …

in achieving this goal. As these are macro relationships, richer insights into determinants of poverty are obtained by …

. Finally, remittances contribute to poverty reduction – especially through their direct effects. Migration and remittances are …

The present study examines whether employment in the rural non-farm sector (RNFE) has any poverty-reducing and … consistent with poverty reducing role of accessing RNFE - with the aggregate effect larger in Vietnam than in India. Access to … non-farm sector would reduce such risks. When we disaggregate non-farm sector employment by its type, we find that poverty …

significantly the prospects of achieving MDG 1 of halving poverty in Asia and the Pacific Region. As more than a few countries in … poverty threshold of US$1.25 per day (at 2005 PPP) for assessing progress towards MDG1 is not so compelling now. Accordingly …, the present assessment uses two poverty thresholds: US$2 per day and US$1.25 per day (both at 2005 PPP). Our analysis …

The present study examines whether rural non-farm employment has any poverty and/or vulnerability-reducing effect in … the rural non-farm employment in both Vietnam and India - which is consistent with its poverty reducing role of accessing … risks. When we disaggregate non-farm sector employment by its type, we find that poverty and vulnerability reducing effects …