poverty. It shows the prevalence of non-positive incomes in high- and middle-income countries, provides an analysis of the … standard poverty indexes. It is argued that negative and zero incomes cannot be treated equally in terms of household well …-being and that standard methods used by practitioners fail to recognize this fact likely resulting in overestimations of poverty. …

OLS models are the predominant choice for poverty predictions in a variety of contexts such as proxy-means tests …, poverty mapping or cross-survey imputations. This paper compares the performance of econometric and machine learning models in … predicting poverty using alternative objective functions and stochastic dominance analysis based on coverage curves. It finds …

. We show the potential existence of a poverty trap as a result of decentralization in taxation decisions. …

. We show the potential existence of a poverty trap as a result of decentralization in taxation decisions. …

receiving countries prefer that each country obtains the proportion of aid relative to its governance quality. If poverty … reduction is an independent goal as well, a poverty trap may be created. With good governance as a criterion, donors may work …

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