values of frequency and breadth of multidimensional poverty in Iran. It distinguishes specific regions as Tehran, other urban … areas, and rural areas and it reveals that the proportion of rural areas in multidimensional poverty has increased from 1999 …

Poverty and low investment in human capital are believed to form a vicious circle. This paper explores China's new …. Using data from China Family Panel Studies between 2010 and 2014, we find that being exposed to the anti-poverty … poverty alleviation program in 2011 and addresses the question whether anti-poverty interventions are e ective in breaking the …

While the incidence of extreme poverty in China fell dramatically over 1980-2001, progress was uneven over time and … pattern of growth mattered. Rural economic growth was far more important to national poverty reduction than urban economic … the rural sector greatly slowed poverty reduction. Provinces starting with relatively high inequality saw slower progress …

During the 1990s, China's poverty declined significantly across a wide range of poverty lines. China's poor have … attack poverty and inequality. Chen and Wang investigate recent trends in poverty and inequality in China, decomposing data … on poverty reduction to see who has benefited most from China's economic growth. They find that, by several measures …

's employment share declined, but most new jobs were in services. Concurrently, poverty incidence declined dramatically. Income …. Economic growth combined with structural change contributed to poverty reduction, but the magnitude of this impact depends … heavily on the poverty line used in calculating poverty. The Thai data support the Kuznets hypothesis of an inverted U …

Dutch colonial policies) and the extreme poverty witnessed in rural areas. Using historical and modern data on the …

, Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations, published in 1968. Myrdal pointed to the decisive nature of the … poverty reduction. People's living standards have improved significantly, and the country's socio-economic achievements are …

Many rural households in Asia have been able to move out of poverty in the presence of increasing scarcity of farmland … rice technology. An important lesson for poverty reduction is to increase agricultural productivity through the development … employment opportunities for the rural labor force. This chapter explores the key processes of long-term poverty reduction in …

households at the BOP to earn sustainable income and release their current poverty status. Originality/Value - the research is …