Measuring poverty remains a complex and contentious issue. This is particularly true in sub-Saharan Africa where … poverty rates are higher, information bases typically weaker, and the underlying determinants of welfare relatively volatile …. This paper employs recently collected data on household consumption in Mozambique to examine the evolution of consumption …

. The implications of directly incorporating group disparities into the measurement of poverty for poverty comparisons and … manifest themselves in the process of seeking a real-valued index of poverty which is required to satisfy certain seemingly … desirable properties. It indicates how ‘group-sensitive’ poverty measures, similar to the Anand-Sen (1995) ‘Gender Adjusted …

of social assistance is investigated. For this purpose, a scheme of classification suitable for grouping the EU15 schemes … developed. Subsequently, on the basis of LIS data the effectiveness and efficiency in reducing poverty through social assistance …

of social assistance is investigated. For this purpose, a scheme of classification suitable for grouping the EU15 schemes … reducing poverty through social assistance payments are calculated using several measures of poverty for five selected EU … poverty alleviation, the results provide some evidence that extremely centralised systems are more effective with regard to …

The paper investigates the definition of equity-regarding poverty measures when there are different household types in … choice of poverty lines and for the measurement of living standard. The role of equivalence scales which are popular in … empirical work on poverty measurement is clarified. …

-state to the household, and particularly to poor households in the transition and developing economies of the former Soviet … exacerbate these problems. By calling attention to growing household vulnerability to energy and water insecurities, particularly …

The adjustment of the information obtained from household surveys to make the figures compatible with National Accounts … paper analyzes the sensitivity of inequality and poverty indicators to the adjustments made by ECLAC so as to enable a …

. We provide an exhaustive overview over all accessible individual and household-level surveys undertaken in Kazakhstan …

. We provide an exhaustive overview over all accessible individual and household - level surveys undertaken in Kazakhstan …

poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are … stated. The second objective is to take stock of child poverty and changes in child poverty in the majority of OECD countries … formulate a number of suggestions for the setting of credible targets for the elimination of child poverty in the rich countries …