evolved mostly as an intellectual/academic shell, in which poverty eradication, except in rhetoric, is a peripheral concern … causing a shift toward substantively dealing with the challenge of poverty. However, beyond the issue of type of enterprises …/monetary sector, as opposed to the real sector, may prove inadequate for development and poverty alleviation. This paper explores some …

lift poor minority households out of poverty further and reduce the development gap. …

lift poor minority households out of poverty further and reduce the development gap. …

This paper deals with consumption dynamics and its effects on poverty. An econometric model is proposed in which … changes in poverty. Second, it allows distinguishing between chronic and transient poverty, by defining as chronically poor … those households whose level of consumption sustainable in the long term lies below the poverty line. This definition of …