This paper investigates the levels and evolution of poverty in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe using the … decomposability properties of poverty measures based on a counting approach. We compare poverty measures such as the Alkire and Foster … index with alternative poverty indices that are sensitive to inequality. Poverty is estimated using Demographic and Health …

Zimbabwe experienced the first hyperinflation of the 21st century. The government terminated the reporting of official … inflation statistics, however, prior to the final explosive months of Zimbabwe's hyperinflation. We demonstrate that standard …

reducing the poverty rate by almost one percentage point more, a 75 percent increase over the survey estimate. …