Views on poverty are deeply rooted in cultural frameworks about the human condition shaped by histories. In the debate … on modernity, perspectives on poverty oscillate between: a) making the poor – their ‘moralsÂ’ and ‘cultureÂ’  … participation. This is evident in the discourses on poverty, which surfaced in the context of capitalist industrialisation and …

Changes in the extent of poverty are affected not only by growth in the mean income but also by changes in the … distribution of income. The effect of these two factors can be separately measured by decomposing the total change in poverty. In … the adverse effects of growth on poverty during the first period, 1998-99 to 2001-02. Alternatively, the role of growth …

This paper examines the incidence of income inequality and poverty, and the impact of farm income on inequality. A … enormous variations among households with respect to income inequality and poverty. While Marginal- and Pluriactive- FHs do not … seem to have an income problem, this is not the case for Farm Households. Poverty is a widespread phenomenon among Retired …

To estimate the poverty rate at the commune level, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs firstly collects … information on households’ income per capita, and compares their income with a defined poverty line. A household is identified as … a poor one if their income per capita is below the poverty line. Then, the poverty rate of a commune is simply the ratio …

experience of the region is that spells of rapid growth have been marked by accelerated poverty reduction on the one hand rising … income inequality on the other. The contrasting movements in poverty and inequality render intriguing the question of whether … South Asia has experienced inclusive growth or not. The reduction in poverty suggests inclusiveness, while the rise in …