As recent discussions have made clear, the apparent lack of poverty reduction in the face of historically high rates of … economic growth does little to reduce poverty. How confident can we be that the data actually support these inferences? At the … international level, the regular revision of purchasing power parity exchange rates plays havoc with the poverty estimates, changing …

As recent discussions have made clear, the apparent lack of poverty reduction in the face of historically high rates of … economic growth does little to reduce poverty. How confident can we be that the data actually support these inferences? At the … international level, the regular revision of purchasing power parity exchange rates plays havoc with the poverty estimates, changing …

This paper uses household surveys from 89 countries to look at gender differences in poverty in the developing world …. In the absence of individual-level poverty data, the paper looks at what can we learn in terms of gender differences by … looking at the available individual and household level information. The estimates are based on the same surveys and welfare …

. To a considerable extent, the failure of world poverty to fall in the face of world growth is a failure of household … around the world. They are the raw material in the debate on whether or not world growth reduces world poverty. This paper … discusses how the poverty estimates are constructed, and asks whether they can bear the burden placed on them. One specific …

. I analyze disposable household income data (after taxes and transfers) from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) and other …

"This investigation proposes a conceptual framework for measurement necessary for an analysis of household finance and …, income statements, and statements of cash flows for households in developing countries, using an integrated household survey …. The authors also illustrate how to apply the accounts to an analysis of household finance that includes productivity of …