and preferential tax policy on regional income disparity and poverty reduction. Using a computable general equilibrium …

for this new measure is the current level of wellbeing of a household as opposed to another benchmark such as the poverty …) axiomatic measure of vulnerability to poverty. We apply a measure of both vulnerability to downside risk and to poverty to data … substantially between different wealth groups. Consequently, the relation between initial wealth and vulnerability to downside risk …

The purpose of the present study is to examine whether microfinance reduces poverty in Bangladesh drawing upon the … household poverty. However, the application of treatment effects model and PSM to each cross-sectional component of the panel … data shows that the poverty reducing effect of MFI on poverty was significantly reduced over the years. This suggests the …

, Burkina Faso, Nepal, Cambodia, and Ghana. These countries’ performance suggests that they may achieve most of the highly …

, received last year the Nobel Prize... for Peace! The small loans granted to groups of poor women were considered a financial …

Currency Board regime and economics adjustments. First, we define initial poverty profile of different household groups divided …-shocks or economic policies on household poverty. Simulations of economic conditions experimented by Argentina during the period … show that social inequalities and poverty became the main real adjustment variable in such monetary system. …

consumption, and an increase in poverty. We thus recommend a gradual approach to tax reform that can make the adjustment process …