The measurement of poverty intensity we use was initially advocated by Sen (1976), and modified recently by Shorrocks … Shorrocls, we refer henceforth to the SSR index. Section 2 of this article begins by discussing the SST index of poverty … intensity and its decomposition into the poverty rate, the average poverty gap ratio among the poor and the overall Gini index …

The measurement of poverty intensity we use was initially advocated by Sen (1976), and modified recently by Shorrocks … Shorrocls, we refer henceforth to the SSR index. Section 2 of this article begins by discussing the SST index of poverty … intensity and its decomposition into the poverty rate, the average poverty gap ratio among the poor and the overall Gini index …

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 …

established in the region, found poverty persistence, the inequality enlarge and the social mobility limitations, some of the most … strategies impulse. In consequence, this situation positioning the themes of the poverty and the social inequalities in an … outstanding point in the regional development agenda. In this work, was did a recount of the main procedures used to poverty …

inequality and the incidence of poverty are greater in the United States than in Germany. Overall inequality and poverty levels … different results from those using all other scales with respect to the relative income and poverty levels of vulnerable groups …

Strategies aimed at poverty reduction need to identify factors that are strongly associated with poverty and that are … of poverty status, employing both binomial and polychotomous logit models. The study shows that poverty status is … urban areas. In general, those factors that are closely associated with overall poverty according to the binomial model are …

alarming with respect to economic well-being as the poverty level especially among the STs. Slow progress in expected change in …