Poverty
- Textiles protection and poverty in South Africa
- R. Mabugu;M. Chitiga / Poverty and Economic Policy Network , 2007
- An important debate is underway in South Africa, on whether it should protect its deteriorating textile industry. This paper examines whether implementing trade barriers will result in better domestic...
- Trends in poverty and inequality in seven African countries
- F. Booysen;R. Burger;G. Du Rand;M. von Maltitz;S. Van der Berg / Poverty and Economic Policy Network , 2007
- Conventional approaches to measuring poverty and inequality that use money-metric data overlook social aspects of poverty. This paper uses the multidimensional, asset index, approach to analyse trends...
- Poverty and employability effects of workfare programs in Argentina
- L. Ronconi; J. Sanguinetti; S. Fachelli; V. Casazza; I. Franceschelli / Poverty and Economic Policy Network , 2006
- Argentina's economic downturn of 11 percent in 2002 saw poverty and unemployment hit record numbers, with more than 50 percent of Argentine households living below the poverty line and a 20 percent un...
- Trade liberalisation and the dynamics of poverty in Tunisia: a layered CGE microsimulation analysis
- S. Bibi; R. Chattii / Poverty and Economic Policy Network , 2006
- The links between trade reform and poverty are diverse and complex. In the developing countries, the poor are generally concentrated in rural agriculture and in urban informal sector activities, they...
- Identification of the poor in Sri Lanka: development of composite indicator and regional poverty lines
- P. Siddhisena; R. Jayathilaka / Poverty and Economic Policy Network , 2006
- The multidimensional nature of poverty creates difficulties in both identification and definition. The aim of this paper is to compute a composite indicator of multidimensional poverty and regional po...
- The impact of trade liberalisation on household welfare and poverty in India
- B.K. Pradhan; S. Amarendra / Poverty and Economic Policy Network , 2006
- With the 1990s heralding the onset of the structural adjustment era, the Indian economy underwent major policy changes. The biggest challenge of India’s economic reform programme has been the liberali...
- Measuring poverty in a multidimensional perspective: a review of literature
- S. Bibi / Poverty and Economic Policy Network , 2005
- This report synthesises the contribution of the main approaches to measuring poverty in its various dimensions to better understand the theoretical framework and the limitations of each. It aims to h...
- Role of mothers in alleviating child malnutrition: evidence from Sri Lanka
- S. Ekanayake; J. Weerahewa; A. Ariyawardana / Poverty and Economic Policy Network , 2003
- This paper begins with the assertion that having a productive workforce depends first on having healthy children, who will grow into workers. The authors argue that Sri Lanka faces a serious problem o...
- Poverty in Tanzania: comparisons across administrative regions
- A.F. Mkenda; E.G. Luvanda; L Rutasitara; A. Naho / Poverty and Economic Policy Network , 2004
- This paper is an interim report on a three pronged research project. The project’s overarching objectives are: to rank the administrative regions in Tanzania on the basis of povertyto use ...
- Modelling gender dimensions of the impact of macro policies in Pakistan
- R. Siddiqui / Poverty and Economic Policy Network , 2004
- This paper explores how an increase in women’s formal labour force participation does not reduce their leisure time, but rather reduces the leisure time of women involved solely in domestic and reprod...
