implication of the proposed thresholds for the extreme poverty line, which in 2015 has been updated to 1.90 US$ a day at 2011 …

This paper is about the impact of clusters on entrepreneurship at the regional level. Defining entrepreneurship as the … entrepreneurship at the regional level? Second, if clusters are associated with different levels of entrepreneurship, what explains … and empirical research to explain the impact of clusters on entrepreneurship at the regional level. This paper uses the 97 …

After a measurement methodology has been chosen, the design of poverty measures — whether unidimensional or … identification and analysis, dimensions, indicators, deprivation cutoffs, weights, and poverty line. The normative contribution is … describes each of these normative choices in the context of multidimensional poverty measurement design. It clarifies the …

This working paper presents the normative, empirical, and policy motivations for focusing on multidimensional poverty … effective measures that better reflect poor people's experience, so that policies using such measures reduce poverty. Such …-Foster methodology we present in Working Paper 86 (“Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 5 – The Alkire …

Policymakers talk about entrepreneurship as a way of improving economic conditions in developing countries the way they … used to talk about roads, dams, bridges, and other infrastructure projects. But what exactly is entrepreneurship? Is it … using the usual sorts of economic policy instruments — or a way of thinking or acting? This paper describes entrepreneurship …

'poverty multiplier theory' and propose a model for its application within an African context. The 'poverty multiplier theory …, extreme poverty has been decreasing in all regions of the world with the exception of Africa where about 50 percent of … countries in Sub-Saharan Africa did not achieve the MDG extreme poverty target despite the sub-region enjoying more than two …