This paper compares the extent and the nature of the higher prevalence of poverty among disadvantaged ethnic groups in …, and analyze the magnitude of the ethnic gap in absolute and relative poverty levels across six countries and different … poverty. We compare the actual differential in poverty with the gap that remains after disadvantaged ethnic groups are given …

/urban groups. While there has been an improvement in horizontal inequality in education, this paper shows little change in other … welfare indicators, in particular poverty. We also found that horizontal inequality does matter for poverty reduction in Viet … Nam and it needs more attention when designing poverty policies in the future. …

variation in the effects of highest education of parents on family’s ability to scale poverty, defined as the household’s income … household was associated with lower risk of poverty. Race, however, interacted with parental education attainment on household-income … parents. The dependent variable was household poverty status (income-to-needs ratio). Race was the focal moderator. Linear …

its great success in poverty reduction, China has witnessed rapidly increasing income inequality which only began to …

to address the many facets of poverty. The 4Ps is by far the largest poverty reduction and social development program the … to alleviate their immediate needs and aims to "break the intergenerational poverty cycle through investments in human …