implications – The findings suggest that poverty lines for rural China preferably should consider not only spatial differences in … household members. The paper also aims to find out how poverty lines and poverty counts derived from people's perception relate … to what has been previously reported. Design/methodology/approach – The Subjective Poverty Line (SPL) methodology is …

In China, marriage is still a highly valued social norm, and until the 1990s, practically everyone was able to marry … China, singlehood is a state of frustration, and even of deprivation, for which it is difficult to find socially acceptable … understanding of sexual behaviours in rural China in a context of strong social and political control. This study explores the link …

This paper investigates poverty in rural Georgia Counties for the years 2000 and 2009. Analysis from 2000 concluded …

: Poverty Line: Pursuit of an Elusive Minimum by M.H. Suryanarayana Fixing Poverty vs. Fixing the Poverty Line by Anirudh … Krishna Agriculture: Is it a Destination for the Poor? by R S Deshpande Can the Rights based NREGA Reduce Poverty? by K … Hanumantha Rao What Role Does Food Security Play in Mitigating Poverty? by S. Indrakant …

rural development (agricultural growth, patterns of growth and rural poverty) for ten Latin American countries over 1985 … reduce rural poverty. …

This paper analyzes the roles of agriculture in reducing poverty. Following the methodology proposed by López (2002 …), three channels by which agricultural growth reduces poverty are tested: (i) its effects on the real wage of unskilled … expansion is dramatic. Agricultural growth tends to improve all measures of poverty significantly with head count falling around …

This paper was presented at the dialogue on Mapping Poverty for Rural Bangladesh: Implications for Pro-poor Development … the PETRRA project. The study reported geographical concentration of rural poverty in Bangladesh for 425 upazilas in 2000 …-01. The study measured and mapped incidence of poverty (using Headcount Index), intensity of poverty (using Poverty Gap Index …

This paper focuses on poverty dynamics and their determinants, using panel survey data for rural Sindh, Pakistan …

Partridge and Rickman explore the underlying spatial, demographic, and economic contributors to poverty rates and … examine the spatial variation of state and county poverty rates and their trends over time. They conclude that a unique … combination of place-based and person-based policies is needed to help defeat poverty in the most distressed American central …