in rural areas, but it has not reduced poverty that much, not least because of how it is administered. Moreover, the …

The paper contributes to the measurement of poverty and vulnerability in three ways. First, we propose a new approach … to separating poverty into chronic and transient components. Second, we provide corrections for the statistical biases … introduced when using a small number of periods to estimate the importance of vulnerability and transient poverty. Third, we …

The paper contributes to the measurement of poverty and vulnerability in three ways. First, we propose a new approach … to separating poverty into chronic and transient components. Second, we provide corrections for the statistical biases … introduced when using a small number of periods to estimate the importance of vulnerability and transient poverty. Third, we …

Estimates of poverty are highly sensitive to price and income measures across time and space. This paper offers a … complementary approach to traditional poverty measurement that ensures comparability: we use nighttime light as a proxy for poverty … living in these areas.Between 1992 and 2005, both measures reveal a steady decrease in poverty in China. From 2005 to 2010 …

poverty has been a central issue in development debates for decades. The objective of this paper is to contribute to the … debate by empirically examining the poverty-alleviation effects of one of the largest targeted programs in the world: the … survey dataset covering the 1993-2009 period, this research investigates the impact of the MLSA on poverty alleviation. The …