This book presents some basic theoretical concepts of public finance with a particular emphasis on its impact poverty …Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER 1 Public Finance for Poverty …

-- Chapter 2 Using Poverty and Social Impact Analysis to Assess the Distributional Impact of Power Sector Reforms -- Why These …

Over the past two decades China's growth has been rapid, social indicators have improved, and poverty levels have …'s principal vehicle for raising standards of living and reducing poverty will derive from urbanization, increased market … changes, including a reform of intergovernmental fiscal relations. Directed at readers working in economic policy, poverty …

initiate change, learning, expanding and adapting as they go. Ending Poverty in South Asia is an essential tool for policy … makers, social scientists, and development practitioners?indeed for all who are interested in tackling poverty and growth … Framework for Scaling Up Poverty Reduction -- Glossary -- Index -- Tables -- 1.1 Growth of GDP, 1980-2003 -- 1.2 Selected Social …

also increasing poverty, hunger and hardship for the poor and needy. Transnational terrorism amplifies both the negative …

poverty status. Recent government efforts have gone beyond investing in agricultural production, thereby establishing markets … endogeneity bias. The results show that poverty and nutrition insecurity were higher among subsistence farmers, emphasizing the …

This volume of Research on Economic Inequality contains research on how we measure poverty, inequality and welfare and … focus on the uneven impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on poverty and welfare. Opening with debates on theoretical issues that … lie at the forefront of the measurement of inequality and poverty literature, the first two chapters go on to propose new …