both of these composite indices of poverty measurement. The results show that increases in the income from a cash grant … among low and even middle income countries. It helps mitigate income poverty and inequality, and has been shown to have a …. This paper uses the National Income Dynamics Survey (NIDS) to derive the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) and …

The importance of taking into account multiple dimensions of well-being in the measurement of poverty has been … emphasized in the recent literature. The poverty alleviation literature has not, however, yet addressed the important issue of … policy design for efficient multidimensional poverty reduction. From a normative perspective, it can be argued that, in …

This paper examines recent contributions to the analysis of poverty, particularly those emphasising the constraints on … framework for study of the causes of poverty, responses to poverty and the consequences of those responses. This framework is … processes linking poverty at the local level with the regional and national political economy. It also suggests that responses …