Prevailing measures of relative poverty are unchanged when all incomes grow or contract by the same proportion. This … inclusion. We propose ‘‘weakly relative’’ lines that relax these assumptions. On calibrating our measures to national poverty … lines and survey data, we find that half the population of the developing world in 2005 lived in poverty, only half of whom …

This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of poverty in India. It shows that regardless of which of the two official … poverty lines we use, we see a steady decline in poverty in all states and for all social and religious groups. Accelerated … growth between fiscal years 2004–2005 and 2009–2010 also led to an accelerated decline in poverty rates. Moreover, the …

investment; and to accelerate poverty reduction, mainly through the continued implementation of the Rural Finance Program and to …

Modifying the national poverty line to the context of observed consumption patterns of the poor is becoming popular. A … context-specific poverty line would be more consistent with preferences. This paper provides theoretical and empirical … evidence that the contrary holds and that the national poverty line is more appropriate for comparing living standards among …

), analysts and institutions are confronted with the question of whether and how to use them for global poverty estimation. The … world. This paper presents evidence that if the global poverty line is updated with the 2011 PPP data based on the same set … of national poverty lines that define the $1.25 line in 2005 PPPs, and if the 2011 PPP conversion factors are used …

Recent National Sample Surveys point to significant poverty reduction in India since 2004/05, with a marked … subgroup comprising non-poor households facing a heightened risk of falling into poverty. The paper documents a strong pattern … of upward mobility out of poverty and vulnerability into the middle class, with a noticeable acceleration between 2009 …

Impact of Taxes and Spending on Poverty and Inequality -- Progressivity, Marginal Contributions, and Pro-Poorness of Taxes … Impact of Fiscal Policy in Georgia -- Introduction -- Fiscal Instruments to Tackle Poverty and Inequality -- Methodology …Fiscal Instruments to Tackle Poverty and Inequality -- Data, Methodology, and Assumptions -- Results -- Conclusion …

: Evaluation Perspectives on Poverty Reduction -- Floor Discussion -- Part III: Methodological Issues in Evaluation -- 4 Impact … Evaluation -- Floor Discussion -- 6 Theory-Based Evaluation: Theories of Change for Poverty Reduction Programs -- Part IV … Discussion -- Part V: Poverty-Reducing Growth -- 9 Africa and Asia: Evaluation of the Poverty Alleviation Impact of Alternative …

, fuzzy set theory has primarily been utilised in the social sciences in the field of poverty measurement. These essays …