KwaZulu Natal provinces, of the effectiveness of public works programmes in solving the problems of unemployment and poverty … KwaZulu Natal, in which beneficiaries are selected by their communities on grounds of poverty, is more effective as a means of …

Laos is a mountainous country with poor roads and a high rate of poverty incidence, especially in rural areas. It is … obvious that better roads could reduce poverty, but by how much? And what forms of road improvement reduce poverty the most … equilibrium modeling approach to study these issues. The results indicate that road improvement does reduce poverty but that the …

often imperative) and public works programs, which have become essential ingredients of poverty alleviation strategies. …

This paper proposes a new and unified framework for the Sen and Sen-Shorrocks-Thon indices of poverty intensity, which …

This study examines the empirical relationship among inequality, poverty and economic growth in India. Using data on …, the Gini coefficient and three popular measures of poverty. …