Using a new data set constructed by converting NSS household consumption figures (rural sector) for the 43rd round …

regarded as proxies for the material well-being of households. However, economists have long recognized that a household … vulnerability is a more satisfactory measure of welfare. In this study we measure the extent of vulnerability as expected poverty … and examine the importance of its determinants on the basis of an analysis of household survey data for Papua New Guinea …

We compare three approaches to linking macro models with representative households and micro household income data in … terms of their implications for measuring the poverty and distributional effects of poverty reduction strategies. These … different results in absolute terms, we show that potential differences in the measurement of distributional and poverty effects …

This paper highlights the key characteristics of the quantitative and qualitative approaches to poverty measurement and … in analytical work on poverty. The main conclusion of this paper is that sole reliance on either only the quantitative … approach or only the qualitative approach in measuring and analyzing poverty is often likely to be less desirable than …

In this paper we report our findings as to the extent of poverty among the casual labourers of Shillong, the capital … city of Meghalaya, India. Two views of poverty have been considered; first at the per capita (per month) income level and …

The objective of this study is to bring out the case of poverty, undernourishment and health conditions of casual … energy. Some 38.4 percent of these households are below poverty line (fixed at Rs. 396 per capita per month). Poorer … households have larger family size. Consequently, some 46.5 percent persons in the sample households are below poverty line. The …