negatively related to poverty and household size. Interestingly, a positive association emerges between women’s labour …

This study undertakes impact analysis of remittances on poverty in developing countries at two levels. Firstly, it … estimates the impact of remittances on poverty in 77 developing countries; Secondly, separate analyses are undertaken for 29 …

The paper reviews the theory of the measurement of poverty. The axiomatic theory is described and the axiomatic … properties of poverty indexes are related to assumptions on the functional form of the poverty index function. The notion of … poverty ordering is then introduced and followed by a review of the relations between the poverty orderings than can be …

of income and capital, as well as education, health and poverty-alleviation spending, can lead to less appropriative …

There is increasing recognition of the importance of dealing with material hardship rather than just income poverty … public opinion on the need to reduce poverty and hardship, and in terms of its use of poor customers surveys to analyze the …

Purpose – This purpose of this conceptual paper is to provide a framework for understanding anti‐poverty strategies in … policy strategists and practitioners the paper may throw new light on age‐old problems in poverty alleviation and public …

Based on a series of research projects which investigated the development and operation of anti‐poverty strategies by …

) in Eastern Uganda for poverty reduction in small farm enterprises. Design/methodology/approach – The paper utilizes … rearing in every household in Uganda, the sub‐sector provides a good entry point for poverty alleviation in this part of … number of variables that must be addressed, if the sector is to play its rightful role in poverty reduction.  …