Dimensions of Poverty have been appended to household surveys by National Statistics Institutes in twelve African and Latin …

, especially in the scope of the new international poverty reduction strategies (PRSP and HIPC initiatives). To gain a better … of as extra-economic dimensions such as subjective forms of poverty, quality of institutions (especially public … development and for monitoring them in quantitative terms. Three specific modules (Multiple Dimensions of Poverty, Governance and …

food crop producers. However, official statistics on poverty suggest that the cotton growing region of Sikasso is among the … detailed analysis of this paradox, the so-called Sikasso paradox. The official statistics on poverty are set out and data and …

-2008), we tell the story of this descent into hell from the standpoint of poverty and living standards. In 2008, after five … years of civil war and another episode yet to come (2010-11), extreme 1.25 USD poverty headcount had reached a historical … record in poverty, with northern areas deeply impoverished by the partition …

relationship between the level of poverty and the support to market economy, which is not only conditioned by the deprivation of …

(1988-2008), we tell the story of this descent into hell from the standpoint of poverty and living standards. In 2008, after … five years of civil war and another episode yet to come (2010-11), the extreme US$1.25 poverty headcount had reached a …

the crucial question of whether poverty is a permanent characteristic of the same households or if it is a transitory … poverty and of non poverty between 1985 and 1996. The multinomial ordered probit econometric models explaining the probability … education level are all decisive factors explaining transitions between different states of poverty and no-poverty. …

Using a 2006 household survey in Mali, we compare current poverty rates and inequality levels with counterfactual ones … impute a counterfactual income for households currently receiving remittances. We show that remittances reduce poverty rates …