This study has used two rounds of the two panel data sets to examine the poverty dynamics in rural Pakistan (Sindh and … , and 11 percent in the PRHS rounds. Further, both chronic and transitory poverty are higher in Sindh and southern Punjab … of ownership of dwellings, and health expenditure are the factors responsible for aggravating long-term poverty. The …

This paper gives a selected review of some of the work on poverty mobility, largely based on recent research. The … allow movement out of poverty. For urban areas, location and access to particular types of jobs appears to matter. The paper … revisits this evidence. However, in analyzing poverty mobility, it is not self-evident to move from describing the correlates …

The relation between growth, inequality and poverty is the central theme of the paper. While the fast economic growth … under the neo-liberal policy regime helps reduce poverty, it increases inequality in income distribution in a way that … retards the progress in poverty-reduction. The empirical validity of this proposition is examined by tracing trends in per …

The paper studies the multidimensional aspects of poverty and living conditions in Ghana. The aim is to fill the vacuum … that has been left by traditional uni-dimensional measures of deprivation based on poverty lines, exclusively estimated on … the whole country in 1998/99 as compared to 0.2123 in 1991/92. This deprivation trend reveals that poverty levels had …

op het totale armoedecijfer per saldo verwaarloosbaar was. As a result of the persistent economic recession, poverty has … Netherlands over a 25-year period by applying a generalised budget approach. According to this criterion poverty steadily declined … ethnic minorities below the poverty line. The shrinking group of single earners came to experience a much higher poverty risk …

This study aimed to determine relationship between poverty intensity and livelihood assets classified as natural …, Philippines. A total of 629 households were surveyed using the Community-based Monitoring System (CBMS) instrument. The poverty … intensity was based on the official poverty line measurement in the country. This served as the basis for estimation of the …

More than half of the Mexican population lives in poverty. While there are many studies about poverty in Mexico, there … are very few studies about the dynamics of poverty. The purpose of this paper is to measure chronic and transient poverty … socioeconomic and demographic variables upon the dynamics of poverty. Findings It was found that 36 percent of households are …

This report presents ACCION's analysis and findings regarding the poverty profiles of microfinance clients at Mibanco …, Peru. In this first institutional analysis in ACCION's Poverty Outreach project, the authors analyze client income data to … compare borrower poverty levels with urban, national and international poverty lines. The study also compares demographic and …

measured extent of this reduction varies, has been confirmed by different methods. Poverty, however, has multiple dimensions …, hence this paper explores the improvement in other social deprivations. An analysis of poverty from a multidimensional … multidimensional poverty in India between 1999 and 2006 using National Family and Health Surveys. We find a strong reduction in …