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 …

The objective of the present study is to examine whether household access to microfinance reduces poverty. Using … national household data from India, treatment effects model is employed to estimate the poverty-reducing effects of MFIs loans … for productive purposes, such as investment in agriculture or non-farm businesses on household poverty levels. These …

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

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 …

The purpose of the present study is to examine whether microfinance reduces poverty in Bangladesh drawing upon the … household poverty. However, the application of treatment effects model and PSM to each cross-sectional component of the panel … data shows that the poverty reducing effect of MFI on poverty was significantly reduced over the years. This suggests the …

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 …

extension programmes in reducing poverty and vulnerability drawing upon LSMS panel data in Uganda in 2009-2012 covering three … share of households was found to be vulnerable and education was found to be the key to reducing poverty and vulnerability …. Finally, improvement in agricultural productivity reduces static poverty, but does not lead to reduction in household …

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 …

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 …