poverty reduction shifted from agricultural to non-agricultural growth in the Philippines, but agricultural investments can be …

This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its … Brazilian National Household Survey covering the period 1995-2004. -- inequality ; poverty ; growth ; pro-poor growth ; labour …

occurred in the first decade of the 21st century in Brazil, considering not only the incidence of poverty but also its …This study aims to analyze the contribution of the minimum wage valorization policy to the reduction in poverty that … contributed to a 38.2% reduction in the proportion of impoverished people, a 39.4% reduction in the intensity of poverty and 40 …

The introduction of the temporal component into poverty analysis takes us to the study of the poverty dynamic, which … aspects unrelated to income in the study of vulnerability to poverty, the monetary approach is put aside and the … multidimensional approach is used to elaborate the well-being index. The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is constructed with data …

agriculture; and the reduction of indirect taxes over all products in a specific region (São Paulo state) in Brazil. The analysis … micro-simulation model used for poverty and income distribution analysis. The first two simulations showed that the policies …

The persistence of absolute poverty in Brazil is associated with high levels of income inequality. For this article …, this association is the departing point for presenting a schematic evolution of poverty in Brazil in the last three decades …: a sharp decline in the 70's as income grew at high rates. Fluctuations of poverty incidence following the short …

This paper examines the income distribution and poverty in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, using Theil's inequality indexes … and Foster et al. poverty indicators. The per-capita average household income(RFPCM) inequality decreases from 1970 to … income convergence among the Minas Gerais sub-regions. Poverty decreases in all sub-regions from 1970 to 1991, although …

higher levels of poverty. …

inequality and poverty measures for Brazil and Costa Rica. Unlike Khan, I test for different assumptions regarding the ecological …Accounting for environmental damage is relevant to how one measures the extent and severity of inequality and poverty … distribution. Provisional results indicate that inequality and poverty are understated, and that, under certain assumptions, both …

The main driver of poverty reduction has shifted from agricultural to non-agricultural income growth in rural …), however, in reducing rural poverty in relatively more isolated provinces. Our results suggest that agricultural investments …