Ghana has managed to consistently keep its poverty rate lower than the regional average over the past 25 years, but … this positive trend slowed down recently. We investigate the dynamics of overall, moderate, and extreme poverty in Ghana …-sectional data. While we find considerable conditional chronic (extreme) poverty rates hovering around 50-60 percent, there is more …

The extent to which growth reduces global poverty has been disputed for 30 years. Although there is better data than … used to measure poverty, grows less rapidly than consumption measured in national accounts, in the world as a whole, and in … large countries, particularly India, China, and the US. In consequence, measured poverty has fallen less rapidly than …

The main goal of this paper is to adopt a multidimensional approach to poverty that goes beyond focusing on a …. In order to obtain multidimensional poverty measures the paper uses an approach based on fuzzy sets. This methodology is … the impact of non- income growth on poverty. Thus, following the study of Grosse et al. (2008), extended growth incidence …

This Poverty report is aimed at improving the understanding of poverty in Ukraine, and providing linkages between … growth, the evolution of economic sectors, and poverty. The main findings can be summed up as follows: An absolute poverty … the population lived in poverty by 2003. While in 1999 Ukraine had a poverty incidence higher than Poland, Russia …

This report examines poverty trends and distribution of the poor in this larger context, paying particular attention to … the most recent past. The report contributes to our understanding of the progress made in combating poverty in three ways …. First, it updates our knowledge of poverty outcomes by examining the trends in poverty and vulnerability, as well as the …