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 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 …

Child poverty is an epidemic in most developing countries, and also exists in developed countries, including Australia …. In many developed countries the official definition of poverty used for statistical purposes is based on relative income … person dies of starvation, usually it is a child under the age of 5. Poverty hits children hardest and creates an environment …