most potential for policy makers/managers fighting poverty by using telework. Originality/value – The paper contributes to …

This paper empirically analyzes the determinants of rural poverty in developing countries. Using data from a sample of … poverty in rural areas. As the extent of rural poverty is reduced, an added benefit is the deceleration of the rural …

Purpose – This paper describes a scheme which aims to alleviate rural poverty by providing small and microinvestment to …

Purpose – This paper aims to present an account and discussion of Imam Ali’s view on poverty and socio-economic justice …, acute and visible inequalities and side-by-side co-existence of extreme wealth and poverty in a society point to the … or, in other words, acute poverty and inequality will cease to prosper and develop. Fourth, the main objective of an …

Europe and the former Soviet Union considerable scope to devote increased resources to tackling poverty. We review the extent … and nature of poverty across the transition countries, emphasising the phenomenon of the working-age poor. We consider … unemployment benefit schemes in the CIS would aid labour market reform and hence help solve the problem there of in-work poverty …

percentage of households in poverty. He attributed the bulk of this decline to government welfare reforms enacted during and … after the War. Some observers have been uneasy about these striking results, especially with the rediscovery of poverty in … the 1960s. In this paper we re-examine the surviving records from the 1950 survey, making the poverty line more consistent …

the persistence of poverty remains a major concern of policy makers. Despite this concern there has been little … empirical work examining the issue. In this paper we provide estimates of poverty persistence in the U.K. by examining the … degree of intergenerational mobility. Our findings support the view that poverty is a culture that is transmitted across …