Oaxaca? How much progress was achieved in the 1990s toward reducing poverty in these states? Why are households in these … states so poor? Specifically, does their poverty result from a lack of assets or from low returns to existing assets? Finally …

explanation for how the change in the lending portfolio of a poverty minimizing microfinance institution might be linked to the …

of incomes of future generations. The purpose of this paper is two-fold. From a policy point of view, we analyse poverty … was expensive but that it provided effective - albeit not efficient - poverty relief. From a methodological point of view …, we demonstrate the usefulness of bootstrapping techniques for statistical inference for poverty and inequality measures …

exploit this fact to identify the impact of opening a rural bank on poverty and output. Our estimates suggest that the Indian … rural branch expansion programme significantly lowered rural poverty, and increased non-agricultural output. …

poverty and inequality to many of the problems encountered within families. It explores how hurt, shame and loss are …

it is poverty that forces Jordanian children into work while Syrian children are driven by the need for asylum. Of the …

companies can both be profitable and help alleviate poverty by attending low‐income consumers. Design/methodology/approach – The …