This study examines if household access to microfinance reduces poverty in Pakistan, and if so, to what extent and … across which dimensions of well-being by taking account of the multi-dimensional aspect of poverty. The study draws on first … participating households, that is, the poverty reducing-effects were observed and statistically significant on a number of …

that rural vulnerability in Bangladesh is mainly poverty induced rather than risk induced. Around 78 per cent all who are …. Overall vulnerability in rural areas is estimated to be 50 per cent. The categorization of poverty into transient and chronic … poverty is even more insightful. The study finds that those without education or agricultural households are likely to be the …

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

This study estimates ex ante poverty and vulnerability of households in Bangladesh using Household Income and … Expenditure Survey (HIES) data in 2005. Our results show that poverty is not same as vulnerability as a substantial share of those … currently above the poverty line is highly vulnerable to poverty in the future. The study finds that those without education or …

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 …

draws on three rounds of national household surveys in 2002, 2004 and 2006. It is first observed that the pace of poverty … growth on poverty is estimated to have been greater if inequality remained constant. It is also noted that the impacts of … economic growth on poverty vary across different ethnic groups. Finally, regression decompositions of within inequality have …

The present study examines whether agricultural extension improves household crop productivity, reduces poverty as well … productivity and reduce poverty. Further evidence is provided on the role of extension in reducing vulnerability as expected … poverty associated with extension programs of NAADS, large farmers and other types of extension service providers. …