, usually political, like the economic blockade of 2002. The analysis of the relation between vulnerability, poverty and … inequalities is based on seven years of surveys on a panel of households in Ambovombe. In a context of great poverty and steep …

In Burkina, vulnerability and poverty analysis have been dominated by the monetary approach. Using the generalized … formula of poverty index developed by Foster and al. (1984), we try to define new concepts of poverty in relation with dietary … needs and energy intakes. Our results show that monetary approach tends to underestimate the incidence of poverty insofar as …

This paper surveys the main conceptual and methodological evolutions of the analysis of poverty that lead to the recent … perspective, special attention is given to the notion of risk, as a conceptual link between poverty dynamics and vulnerability. A … general framework is provided so as to introduce the reader to the most recent empirical evaluation techniques of poverty …

test for the effects of electoral systems on both poverty and income Inequality. We find that when de degree of … proportionality of an electoral system increases, inequality and poverty decrease. We also find than in presidential regimes, the … levels of poverty and inequality are higher than in parliamentary regimes. …

This paper reviews two common definitions of poverty targeted projects, discusses the limitations of poverty targeting … classifications, calls for a poverty focused cost-benefit analysis that looks at the main policy constraints affecting the …