beneficial to developing countries. Nicaragua presents an interesting case in point, being one of the poorest economies in Latin … America with still a relatively large agricultural sector and high degrees of rural poverty. In 2005, the country signed a … does so using a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model for Nicaragua coupled with a micro-simulation methodology. The …

significant gender differences in multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua; but, they are estimated to be small and lower than 5 …Most existing empirical papers concerned about multidimensional poverty use the house- hold as the unit of analysis …, meaning that multidimensional poverty status of the household is equated with the multidimensional poverty status of all …

How should relative poverty be defined and measured in a European Union where there are substantial variations in … suggests that Europe-wide comparisons are more important to the perception of poverty than the convention of national relative … poverty lines would have led us to expect. Even relative poverty is more prevalent in the new low-income (eastern) countries …

"Poverty and income inequality remain a stubborn challenge in Asia and the Pacific despite the region’s rapid economic … expansion in previous decades, which lifted millions out of poverty. Financial inclusion is often considered as a critical … between financial inclusion, poverty, and income inequality at the country level will help policymakers design and implement …