This study examined the effect of access to micro-credit on poverty status of rural households in Obafemi-Owode LGA in … aid of FGT poverty index and the Logit regression model. The results of descriptive analysis reveal that majority of the … count poverty index also reveals that about 35 percent of households in the study area were poor, subsisting below the …

There is no consensus about how globalization –trade and foreign investments – affects poverty reduction. Using … household survey data, this study contributes to the empirical literature on globalization and poverty by analyzing the …, full vertical integration and complete exclusion of smallholder suppliers. We analyze and quantify income and poverty …

representing urban and rural households in the Renk County of South Sudan to assess the prevalence of poverty and inequality in the … study area. We used the cost of basic needs; to establish both food poverty line and Poverty line; estimated poverty … rural households respectively fall below our calculated poverty lines. The estimated Gini coefficient was 18% and 20% for …

farmers, highlighting that Bt cotton contributes to poverty reduction and rural development. …