In many countries extreme poverty is unnecessary. Yet it persists. We propose a simple index, denoted the Miser index …, to measure the extent to which societies have poverty in the midst of affluence. It builds on the generalized Lorenz …

In many countries extreme poverty is unnecessary. Yet it persists. We propose a simple index, denoted the Miser index …, to measure the extent to which societies have poverty in the midst of affluence. It builds on the generalized Lorenz … in global miserliness over the last 30 years. -- Miser index ; poverty ; affluence ; inequality ; development …

Martin Ravallion ("Why Don't We See Poverty Convergence?" American Economic Review, 102(1): 504-23; 2012) presents … evidence against the existence of poverty convergence in aggregate data despite the conditional convergence of per capita … income levels and the close linkage between growth and poverty reduction in standard neoclassic growth theory and associated …

Martin Ravallion ("Why Don't We See Poverty Convergence?" American Economic Review, 102(1): 504-523; 2012) presents … evidence against the existence of poverty convergence in aggregate data despite the conditional convergence of per capita … income levels and the close linkage between growth and poverty reduction in standard neoclassic growth theory and associated …

, conceptual and empirical contributions which address relevant areas that enhance extant knowledge on linkages between poverty …

able to achieve inclusive growth as dependency ratio, poverty and depletion of natural capital is very high. Also, health … incidence of poverty to the barest minimum to ensure that growth becomes inclusive. …

Motivated by a recent World Bank report on achieving of Millennium Development Goals which shows that poverty has been …