Cross-country data on energy consumption, GDP and vulnerability are used to measure percentage changes in vulnerability … effects on per capita income, have the effect of reducing a country’s overall vulnerability to climate change by a greater … globe, are unlikely to reduce vulnerability to climate change, especially at very low incomes. …

This paper synthesizes the results of five studies using household panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mali, Mexico … household consumption covaries with the growth rate of household income. All the cases studies show that food consumption is … among consumption variability, the level than nonfood consumption, the incidence of poverty, and the probability of being …

In the leading chapter of this dissertation, "Unemployment, Vulnerability and Poverty: A New Class of Measures, Its … that, unlike the standard measures of unemployment or poverty, account for the amount of vulnerability that exists in … Axiomatic Properties and Applications," we, Kaushik Basu and myself, derive a new class of measures for unemployment or poverty …

notifications of 1340/100 000 in 1996. These suburbs are characterised by overcrowding, high unemployment and poverty. It is …. Studies have recently linked tuberculosis transmission to locations outside the household, and have associated these places … tuberculosis notifications with unemployment and its associated poverty emerged as the strongest association. …

tremendous increase in poverty and income inequality in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Much of the literature argues that the …’s economic empowerment: the labour market, education and poverty. Large and complex data sets on peoples’ attitudes and … greater in transition than in OECD countries.On the other hand, once the feminisation of poverty is concerned data on …

The negative impact of poverty on development and security in South Africa has been exacerbated by high food prices …, poverty alleviation is compatible with running a profitable organisation. …

promote economic growth and alleviate poverty. The first of three major issues in this dissertation analyses macroeconomic … second issue evaluates policies which alleviate poverty by increasing agricultural production, creating employment and …

promote economic growth and alleviate poverty. The first of three major issues in this dissertation analyses macroeconomic … second issue evaluates policies which alleviate poverty by increasing agricultural production, creating employment and …

There is now a consensus that economic growth is a dominant determinant of poverty. That is, poverty reduction requires … raises mean income and reduces the proportion of the population living below any absolute poverty line. It is generally … believed that growth that is distribution neutral has a greater impact on poverty reduction than growth that generates …