This paper is a study on child poverty from two perspectives: child income poverty (derived from family income) and … income-based poverty measures and deprivation measures do not overlap. On the other hand, the relationship between poverty … and the child's living conditions is not linear. Uses micro-econometric techniques to analyse child income poverty and …

poverty in selected Islamic countries. Design/methodology/approach – A model of income inequality along with a model of … poverty, with same explanatory variables, are specified. In these models, the main variables are income level, health status … will reduce income inequality and poverty in Islamic countries. Practical implications – The results of the empirical …

Purpose – The concept of poverty traps based on a critical threshold that distinguishes transitory from chronic poverty … non-poor and transitorily poor from falling into chronic poverty, cargo nets are meant to help those who fall below the … critical threshold to help them climb out of chronic poverty. The study attempts to determine the factors that affect a …

issues of poverty, unemployment and lack of opportunities amongst the Indo-Fijian community. The Indo-Fijian community, since … extent of concern about poverty, unemployment and lack of basic facilities such as water, housing and electricity among the …

development and poverty reduction in Zambia. The paper attempts to answer one critical question: does financial sector development … in Zambia lead to poverty reduction? Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses the newly developed autoregressive … consumption, a proxy for poverty reduction. Findings – When the broad money supply ratio (M2/GDP) is used as a proxy for financial …

poverty-environment hypothesis since household economic wealth is a significant and negative determinant of firewood … special focus on the relationship between households’ economic wealth and firewood consumption. We find strong support for the …, although further evidence shows that at the top of the wealth distribution, there might be a floor effect in the decreasing …

specific poverty threshold, stochastic dominance tests are used. Madhya Pradesh demonstrated much better targeting than Tamil … Nadu in terms of the FGT class of poverty indices over a wide range of poverty thresholds. This finding is significant as …

targets. We outline a new MDG Progress Index, which compares country performance against the core MDG targets on poverty … many poor countries such as Honduras, Laos, Ethiopia, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Nepal, Cambodia, and Ghana. In fact, these …

price of food items is higher. Therefore, the poverty headcount ratio increases. As expected, a reduction in the world price … and poverty, particularly in the rural areas. …