Dutch colonial policies) and the extreme poverty witnessed in rural areas. Using historical and modern data on the …

of human welfare, particularly poverty and inequality. Combined with major improvements in the coverage and quality of …

Post reform India has generated high economic growth, yet progress in income poverty and many other key development … 2015-16 in reducing multidimensional poverty captured by the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). We employ a … associated with an annual reduction in MPI of 1.34 percent. The association of the national growth to state poverty reduction …

of human welfare, particularly poverty and inequality. Combined with major improvements in the coverage and quality of …

, Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations, published in 1968. Myrdal pointed to the decisive nature of the … poverty reduction. People's living standards have improved significantly, and the country's socio-economic achievements are …

This study investigates the impact of foreign capital inflows on poverty in Vietnam, using annual time series data from … 1990 to 2018. The study was motivated by the need to establish if burgeoning foreign capital inflows in Vietnam can support … the poverty alleviation agenda. Foreign direct investment (FDI) and external debt were used as proxies for foreign capital …

We use the 2002 through 2014 Vietnam Household Living Standards Surveys to construct comparable measures of household …

We use the 2002 through 2014 Vietnam Household Living Standards Surveys to construct comparable measures of household …

Using a CGE model, this study analyses the impact of trade liberalization on poverty at the household level taking … production of textile and leather products. Poverty shows a slight increase in both scenarios. At the national level, a complete … tariff cut results in an increase in poverty by 2.8 percent, while a uniform tariff scheme raises poverty by 2.3 percent …