This paper empirically examines the effect of financial development on poverty for a sample of developing countries … development on the poor when poverty is measured by the headcount index or the poverty gap at the cut-off line of $2 day (absolute … poverty). This finding is robust to the choice of a more conservative poverty line based on $1.25 a day. However, there is …

poverty. It shows the prevalence of non-positive incomes in high- and middle-income countries, provides an analysis of the … standard poverty indexes. It is argued that negative and zero incomes cannot be treated equally in terms of household well …-being and that standard methods used by practitioners fail to recognize this fact likely resulting in overestimations of poverty. …

Anti-poverty policies often aim to reach poor individuals by targeting poor households. However, intra … individual-level poverty rates that account for intra-household inequality. We show that women, children, and the elderly face … significant probabilities of living in poverty even in households with per-capita expenditure above the poverty threshold …

poverty measures. Nevertheless, policymakers, researchers, advocates, and legislators generally do not understand the details … of poverty measure mechanics. These detailed mechanics shape and reshape poverty measures and the too often uninformed … responses and remedies. This Article will build a bridge from personal portraits of families living in poverty to the resource …

poverty. Yet, the question of whether access to credit leads to poverty reduction and improved wellbeing remains open. To … developing world, and develop a theory of change that links inputs to impacts on several welfare outcomes. Overall, we find that … income, consumption, human capital and assets, and, ultimately, a reduction in poverty. …