. The monotonicity axiom sets out a condition that the proportional reduction in poverty is a monotonically increasing … a ‘poverty equivalent social expenditure rate’, which takes into account both the magnitude of social expenditures … interrelationship between social expenditures, inequality, and poverty. It is argued that the satisfaction of a monotonicity axiom is a …

This paper analyzes irrigation-poverty linkages, and determines how and to what extent irrigation contributes to … poverty alleviation, and whether there are any spatial patterns in poverty in irrigation systems. It also identifies … conditions under which irrigation has greater anti-poverty impacts. The analysis is based on primary data collected during the …

different scales is discussed. Using the Water Poverty Index as illustration, examples are provided of how an integrated …

-called diseases of poverty. Moreover, the analyses were only performed for the burden diseases cause in high income countries. We … poverty and (2) accounting for the burden of diseases in low income countries. We found that the relationship between the … contrast, diseases of poverty systematically receive less funding than would be expected based on their burden. Other groups of …

economists and philosophers to understand the consequences of inequality and poverty upon the social and political well-being of …

to live above a reasonable poverty threshold; and (2) a somewhat more ambitious standard, a wage rate that will meet a …