For anyone wanting to learn, in practical terms, how to measure, describe, monitor, evaluate, and analyze poverty, "The Handbook on Poverty and Inequality" is the place to start. Designed initially to support training courses on poverty analysis, the Handbook consists of explanatory text with...

"A number of empirical studies using cross-country data have found that poverty incidence responds very strongly to economic growth. This paper explores the impact of economic growth as well as changes in income inequality on poverty reduction using provincial data from Thailand over the period...