This paper examines the evolution and causes of poverty in Cartagena, Colombia, during the period 2002-2005. We use a … probabilistic model (probit) to identify the individual characteristics that explain the incidence of poverty in the city. We also … examine the concept of vulnerability, defined as the possibility that future levels of consumption may be below the poverty …

This study investigates the impact of poverty, social capital and land tenure on the adoption of soil fertility … security, level of poverty and participation in community organizations (social capital), and, most importantly, that household … level poverty reduces the probability of adoption of most of the technologies, while social capital and land tenure security …

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 …