Distribution System (PDS) and the Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDM) - on poverty outcomes and on nutritional intake. This paper offers a … the significant impact of the PDS and MDM in terms of poverty reduction and calorie intake. While there are large … also contributed significantly to poverty reduction. Almost half of the poverty reduction in the distribution …

This paper provides new evidence about poverty trends in Turkey between 2003 and 2011 and the factors accounting for … them. We give particular attention to issues of statistical inference, and the choice of the poverty line and the poverty … measure. Our robust conclusion is that absolute poverty declined rapidly between 2003 and 2008 but fell only slightly between …

This paper examines the impact on inequality and poverty of the economic crisis in four European countries, namely … 2010, was one of great economic turmoil, yet it is unclear whether changes in inequality and poverty rates over this time … decreasing inequality and relative poverty in the UK, France and especially in Ireland, a country where rising unemployment would …

This paper examines the impact on inequality and poverty of the economic crisis in four European countries, namely … 2010, was one of great economic turmoil, yet it is unclear whether changes in inequality and poverty rates over this time … decreasing inequality and relative poverty in the UK, France and especially in Ireland, a country where rising unemployment would …

The "Minimum Vital Income" (IMV) constitutes a novelty in the panorama for fighting poverty by guaranteeing minimum … incomes after the COVID-19 crisis. This work simulates the distributional and poverty effects of the IMV introduction across … Spanish regions using EUROMOD. Our results show that the IMV reduces inequality and poverty - general and extreme - for all …

We measure multidimensional poverty in India using National Sample Survey Organization data from 2014-15 to 2017-18. We ….75 per cent over the study period. The all-India estimates indicate that 144 million people were lifted from poverty during …. Our state-level estimates reveal that 20 states report less than 10 per cent headcount poverty, up from six states. COVID …

Reducing poverty remains an important challenge, and the COVID-19-crisis may further reinforce social vulnerabilities …. Although it has declined lately, relative poverty remains high in international comparison and is distributed unevenly across … particularly affected. A comprehensive approach is required to ensure an effective transition out of poverty and social exclusion …

from Bangladesh and Mexico, and use the model estimates to compute poverty rates for men, women, and children. Contrary to … existing poverty calculations that ignore either intra-household inequality or economies of scale in consumption, ours take …