The lack of success of past strategies in reducing poverty has raised doubts as to whether these strategies were really … an innovative and effective way of hearing and relaying the "voice of the poor", so that they can affect decision- making … social life, besides the various forms of deprivation – which even further reduce their chance of rising out of poverty …

It is ten years after Lisbon and in the year dedicated to poverty alleviation that this paper is written in order to … investigate the implications of the decisions regarding poverty reduction taken by the EU. We present a simple comparison of the … "risks of poverty" in European countries in 2000 and 2008, before and after transfers, and our finding is a positive effect …

the expected sign with a significant effect. The compensation to the poor is at least 46.20% of the lower poverty line …, while the intermediate group receives a compensation of at least 14.47% of the upper poverty line …

The purpose of this study is to examine the evolution and the determining factors of the poverty in Cartagena during … incidence of the poverty in this city, the main Colombian tourist destiny and the most important industrial center of the … consumption to the line of poverty in the future. The results indicate that the poverty by income has diminished in the city but …

policies compatible with concerns for poverty alleviation. The core is a nested Logit model, accounting for the poor’s decision … significant effect. The compensation to the poor is at least 46.20% of the lower poverty line, while the intermediate group … receives a compensation of at least 14.47% of the upper poverty line. …

the expected sign with a significant effect. The compensation to the poor is at least 46.20% of the lower poverty line …, while the intermediate group receives a compensation of at least 14.47% of the upper poverty line. …

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 …

Our objectives in this paper are two-fold: an interpretation of the conception of poverty in its multidimensional …. Within this, we start from the original conception of poverty in terms of minimum rights to resources, by which people are …, a la AK Sen, approaching poverty in terms of right to freedom. We argue that political freedom has substantial linkages …