paper is to examine linkages between poverty, food security, and undernutrition in both countries. Design …/methodology/approach – In this paper, the authors discuss the linkages between poverty, food security, and undernutrition at the micro level …. Originality/value – In this paper, the authors describe data sources on poverty, food security, and undernutrition in both China …

Outlines a method for controlling for compositional factors in the measurement of poverty. Bases the method on “shift …‐share analysis” and “direct standardization”, consistent with Sen’s (1976) influential axiomatic approach to poverty measurement …. Employs the popular poverty index proposed by Foster et al . (1984), which is one of the few summary poverty measures that can …

This paper is a study on child poverty from two perspectives: child income poverty (derived from family income) and … income‐based poverty measures and deprivation measures do not overlap. On the other hand, the relationship between poverty … and the child's living conditions is not linear. Uses micro‐econometric techniques to analyse child income poverty and …

/actual “poverty tours”, the article argues that while Antigua NGOs develop and host these poverty tours as a means of moving “hearts …

Establishing the validity and measurement equivalence of core marketing concepts in the emerging market economies of …. However, measurement equivalence issues are rarely addressed in studies of marketing practices in Africa. Accordingly, this …, Japan and the USA. The results show that optimal scaling analysis of the managers’ evaluations provide more valid and …

Argues that salesforce research has typically been conducted in the USA, and that US researchers have developed the … designed to test the US theories have been sales personnel in the USA. Assesses the appropriateness of administering personal … of measurement transport: emic (culture specific) and etic (global). Evaluates the psychometric properties of two popular …