Intergenerational inequality and old-age poverty are salient issues in contemporary China. China’s aging population …

(ESAM I and ESAM II) and the Survey of Poverty Monitoring in Senegal (ESPS). The analysis was carried out using four tools … and growth rate equivalent to poverty. We find that growth was absolute pro-poor and not relative pro-poor in Senegal from …

Catastrophe and poverty increased from 2004 to 2010. However, given that the realization of some recent policies will …

methods are discussed from the point of view of different policy aims (poverty and tax analyses). This study uses 2010 EU …-SILC data and provides an assessment of the impact of the housing situation of households on relative poverty and inequality and … corresponding transition matrices into and out of poverty, according to the two approaches for measuring the housing situation. The …

People’s explanations for why some individuals are poor are of great importance to a comprehensive study of poverty …. This cross-cultural study aims to profile differences and similarities in perceptions of the causes of poverty within and … and seven classes of individuals. Despite the generalization of the social explanations of poverty at the individual level …

This paper discusses findings from a survey of 440 Singaporeans on their views of the definitions and causes of poverty … poverty. Controlled for demographic characteristics, (1) poverty “sympathizers” and affiliates of opposition political parties …. Given current debates on poverty in Singapore, the findings suggest timeliness of more redistributive policies now. However …

<Para ID="Par1">Approximately 1.7 billion people in Asia live in poverty today. To date, efforts to address poverty in … of poverty. That is, the mechanisms that have been used, such as microlending, generally lead entrepreneurs to create … entrepreneur’s standard of living. This article initially reviews what we know about entrepreneurship as a solution to poverty in …

<Para ID="Par5">Despite decades of effort, abject poverty remains a serious problem in many countries around the world …. The effects of five approaches to poverty alleviation—foreign aid, microfinance, social entrepreneurship, base of the … these approaches has some benefits, none have fulfilled their promise of poverty alleviation. Ironically, as these efforts …