, their distribution and poverty depend very crucially on the hypothesis made on the evolution of returns to education and …

the prevalence of short- and long-term poverty among working-age people with and without disabilities. Depending on the … disability measure used, annual poverty rates are two to five times higher among people with disabilities, compared to those … without disabilities. Relative long-term poverty rates among those with disabilities are much higher than relative short …

This paper examines the role of competition law and policy as tools for poverty reduction and development. The authors … policy as tool for poverty reduction should be on approaches that are relatively easy to implement but have a trackrecord of … poverty reduction, competition policy needs to address the needs of the citizens of poorer societies in their capacities as …

Disability is both a fundamental cause and consequence of income poverty. The income-poverty rate for persons with … about income poverty in the United States is largely silent about disability. This paper argues that we need to have a … broader view of what poverty is and also that disability must be taken into account in anti-poverty policy. …

This report examines the current U.S. poverty measure and finds that it has failed to keep up with public consensus on … adopted. Moreover, the NAS approach results in a poverty measure that would remain far below the public’s get-along level …. This report concludes by suggesting a truly new approach that the incoming Administration should adopt- a “tiered” poverty …

a group, and especially for over 70 percent of them who are above the poverty line, the extent of under …

This paper deals with poverty, health, education and human deprivation among Indian States. Human development evaluates … poverty, health, education lead the poor to indulge in the vicious circle. Uplifting the poor from these deprivations is … imperative for overall development. This paper proposes a new formula to analyse human deprivation by the help of poverty line …