zero. Using the estimated optimal weights, we compute estimates of true income per capita and $1/day poverty rates for the … developing world and its regions. We get poverty estimates that are substantially lower and fall substantially faster than those … of Chen and Ravallion (2010) or of the survey-based poverty literature more generally …

poverty and inequality in Jordan. This study traces how the Jordanian fiscal system affects different households, while paying … 2.6 points and poverty would be almost the same as the official poverty rate. Nonetheless, the recent expansion of … would both close the fiscal gap while further reducing poverty and inequality …

activities have been effective in reducing poverty in India. For sensitivity and robustness of the results, three different … measures of poverty belonging to the Foster-Greer-Thorbecke group of poverty measures are used. We use various types of … estimating poverty. Using unbalanced panel techniques, the study tests Fixed Effects, Randome Effects and OLS models, and …