This article posits the issue of American poverty and governments' inability to significantly alter this adverse social … condition. While data suggests there has been a substantial and measurable improvement in poverty rates over the past four … decades, the fact remains, poverty is an inherent and permanent factor of the American social, economic and political …

offers an analysis of the welfare outcomes between ethnic groups in poverty, education, labor market participation, labor …

This paper presents the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), a measure of acute poverty, understood as a person … to core functionings. It constitutes the first implementation of the direct method to measure poverty for over 100 … framework that can complement global income poverty estimates …

The paper reviews poverty trends and measurements, poverty reduction in historical perspective, the poverty …-inequality-growth debate, national poverty reduction strategies, criticisms of the agenda and the need for redistribution, international … policies for poverty reduction, and ultimately understanding poverty at a global scale. It belongs to a series of backgrounders …

This report presents ACCION's analysis and findings regarding the poverty profiles of microfinance clients at Mibanco …, Peru. In this first institutional analysis in ACCION's Poverty Outreach project, the authors analyze client income data to … compare borrower poverty levels with urban, national and international poverty lines. The study also compares demographic and …

This paper analyzes the processes of growth and poverty reduction simultaneously under a neoclassical growth model … and poverty reduction while higher agricultural terms of trade facilitate poverty reduction. The 'growth elasticity of … poverty reduction' is low by international standards but is sensitive to sectoral income composition and initial conditions in …

regarding Minsky's early involvement in the "War on Poverty." This paper will trace the development of Minsky's thinking on …

private investments in the Free Trade Zone; 4. Increase of investments in tourism. Given that the evaluation of the impact of … different poverty effects. Agricultural research (leading to increased agricultural productivity and increased food production … prices. The other two investments - the Free Trade zone and tourism - are more beneficial for urban households, both poor and …