For anyone wanting to learn, in practical terms, how to measure, describe, monitor, evaluate, and analyze poverty, "The … Handbook on Poverty and Inequality" is the place to start. Designed initially to support training courses on poverty analysis … the measurement of poverty and poverty lines, how to create poverty profiles, the comparison of poverty over time and …

Microfinance is often criticized for not adequately addressing seasonality and hard-core poverty. In Bangladesh, a … and extreme poverty. Although the program has demonstrated its promise, it is too early to conclude whether the accrued … benefits are large enough to contain both seasonal and chronic poverty on a sustained basis …

energy poverty line. The paper finds that although the use of both traditional (biomass energy burned in conventional stoves … poverty line, the paper finds that some 58 percent of rural households in Bangladesh are energy poor, compared with 45 percent … biomass use can lower energy poverty in a climate-friendly way by reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Reducing energy poverty …