This paper aims to depict the post-Second World War poverty and inequality trends in Asia, its sub-regions, and … individual economies. Efforts are made to explain these trends and explore the interrelationship between growth, poverty, and … inequality in Asia. Analytical results confirm significant reductions in poverty across the board due to fast growth, although …

Poverty reduction in the Asia and the Pacific region in 2005-2008 had been quite significant. Despite the global crisis …, an estimated 150 million people exited extreme poverty by 2008 - from 903.4 million in 2005 to 753.5 million, bringing … the percentage of people living under the $1.25 per day poverty line to 21.9% from 27.1% in 2005. Poverty reduction was …

An Asian poverty line? Issues and options / Stephan Klasen -- A poverty line contingent on reference groups …: implications for the extent of poverty in some Asian countries / Satya R. Chakravarty, Nachiketa Chattopadhyay and Jacques Silber … -- Concepts and measurment of vulnerablility to poverty and other issues: a review of literature / Tomoki Fujii -- Measuring the …

There are alternative definitions of vulnerability to poverty. Most researchers prefer to define vulnerability as the … probability of a household or individual falling into poverty in the future. Based on this definition and using household survey … panel data from rural China, this paper attempt to assess the extent to which we can measure vulnerability to poverty. The …