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 …

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

poverty components. Our decomposition shows that idiosyncratic risks account for the largest share, followed by poverty and …

and long-term linkages among growth in agricultural and non-agricultural sectors, inequality and poverty. Agricultural … growth is found to be the most important factor in reducing inequality and poverty. The role of agricultural growth in … extreme poverty, and towards revival of agriculture in the post-2015 policy discourse. …

poverty components. Our decomposition shows that idiosyncratic risks account for the largest share, followed by poverty and …

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 …

participants by poverty status, their duration of participation, and earnings from it are used. The analysis is based on primary …

, and mitigation of poverty and hunger. Our simulations further suggest that poverty reduction is likely to be larger if the … have any validity, the dire predictions of millions getting trapped in poverty and hunger may turn out to be exaggerated …