having a very low cost structure – making it lucrative for banks to target the rural poor. Poverty is an insidious problem in … states, the issue is even more pressing. High levels of poverty lead to high rates of migration towards the North. Augmented …

influence of external debt on poverty on the other hand. The study relates to a sample made up of seven WAEMU countries between … of external debt increases poverty in WAEMU countries. …

poverty and agriculture in Tamil Nadu. The paper examined present status and trends in rural poverty in Tamil Nadu. It also … between agriculture and poverty, the study argued that agricultural development would ensure food security, health and … nutritional security, income and employment security, and economic and social security and thereby facilitate removal of poverty …

Urbanization and poverty have a two-way relationship. Using fixed-effects regression and panel data from household … propose a simple estimate method to estimate the effect of urbanization on rural poverty. It is found that a one percent … poverty rate by 0.17 percentage point. However, we find an effect of urbanization on consumption of unhealthy goods …

favorable rainfall shock on agricultural wage, labor supply to market work and per capita household expenditure. The share of …

the current poor to the neglect of the vulnerable. An understanding of household susceptibility to future poverty will be …%). Vulnerability to poverty was estimated to be 61% among urban households and 25% among rural households. Moreover, household health … status, household size and education attainments significantly influence vulnerability to poverty. Male headed households …