Role of non-farm sector was found to be vital with high share in household income (37%). Also, lower values for poverty … the hills. Livestock sector, thus, could also contribute significantly and help reduce poverty and inequality with … reducing poverty as well as income-inequality, availability of more non-farm earning opportunities may be helpful to combat …

paper focuses on analysing the official results of poverty measurement and the evolution of the factors which affect the …Abstract Poverty reproduces into the system, which generates it. The system creates conditions to prevail and to secure … functionality. The erosion of the possibilities of intergenerational social mobility, associated with the reproduction or poverty …

In this paper, the trend and determinants of health and poverty among the elderly in rural India is analysed. Two … independent and pooled datasets. Our analysis shows that levels of consumption poverty have declined marginally between 1995 …-96 and 2004 while increased proportion of elderly with poor health status is continued. Results suggest that poverty is one …

explore the effects of remittances on Bolivian household poverty levels. We use micro data from the 2008 Household Survey … treated to compare the poverty level between households which receive and do not receive remittances. Results show that … remittances have a positive effect on reducing urban households’ poverty level, whereas there is no effect on rural households …

This paper deals with the effects of migrants remittances on poverty in Senegal. Data were extracted from the …. The results also indicate that richer households are more affected by remittances. The poverty headcount and poverty gap … are reduced in presence of remittance while the severity of poverty is worsened. …

having a very low cost structure – making it lucrative for banks to target the rural poor. Poverty is an insidious problem in … states, the issue is even more pressing. High levels of poverty lead to high rates of migration towards the North. Augmented …

influence of external debt on poverty on the other hand. The study relates to a sample made up of seven WAEMU countries between … of external debt increases poverty in WAEMU countries. …