This article is distinct in its application of the logit transformation to the poverty ratio for the purpose of … by three indicators related to microfinance institutions (MFIs) and then examine its effect on poverty reduction at the … statistically significant and robust effect on decreasing the poverty ratio. …

undeniable that remittances have poverty-alleviating and consumption-smoothing effects on recipient households, a key empirical …

Growth is pro-poor if the poverty measure of interest falls. This implies three potential sources of pro-poor growth …: (a) a high rate of growth of average incomes; (b) a high sensitivity of poverty to growth in average incomes; and (c) a … poverty-reducing pattern of growth in relative incomes. I empirically decompose changes in poverty in a large sample of …

This article pioneers an asset-by-asset point index, which represents a simple methodology that uses inputs rather than … significant aspect of well-being in whose absence households may fall into deprivation. The index is well-suited for the … an alternative approach to measuring household poverty. …

incorrectly. Similarly, poverty is a trail which can bring great rewards if borne with patience and prayer, and also cause great … means that Islamic approaches to constructing an index for welfare must be substantially more complicated than those …

This report seeks to put the issue of poverty in practical terms of what we know about poverty and what can be done to …

(Sustainable Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction and Promotion of Social Equity) and for each of the four priority areas …

Microfinance and Poverty probes a set of assumptions that have arisen about microfinance and poverty reduction and that … and analysis of theoretical and applied literature on microfinance and poverty. The view of microcredit that emerges is …