Poverty lines
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- Why traditional measures of poverty are inadequate
- ( A. Rahman / Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee , 2007)
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This paper outlines grass-roots experiences in Bangladesh of creative self-reliant initiatives of disadvantaged people to promote their lives independent of government and NGO programmes. It argues...
- How has civil war changed Burundi's poverty rate?
- ( T. Bundervoet / Households in Conflict Network , 2006)
- Figures from the early 1990s show that Burundi suffered a poverty rate in line with average rates for Sub-Saharan Africa. A decade on, and the debilitating effects of civil war had made their mark on ...
- Poverty assessment methods need re-thinking
- ( N. Kakwani; H.H. Son / UNDP International Poverty Centre , 2006)
- Accurate global poverty estimates are fundamental to the effectiveness of monitoring changes over time and the targeting of poverty reduction efforts. The accuracy of the dollar-a-day measure has rece...
- A brief outline of Sen's capabilities approach to measuring poverty
- ( N. Kakwani / UNDP International Poverty Centre , 2006)
- Much research on poverty has focused on income or consumption-based poverty measures. Yet there is increasing recognition that poverty is multidimensional, encompassing all important human requirement...
- Poverty estimation techniques
- ( S. Reddy; S. Visaria; M. Asali / Institute of Social Analysis, New York , 2006)
- For an exercise of poverty assessment to be meaningful, it is necessary (although not sufficient) to apply a single identification criterion to all individuals. Efforts to assess poverty at the region...
- Going beyond the calorie measure in defining poverty
- ( M. Guruswamy; R.J. Abraham / Economic and Political Weekly, India , 2006)
- Current Indian poverty measurements, established in 1979, are based on a minimum caloric intake, with rural and urban variation. This paper argues that it is unacceptable for a definition of poverty t...
- A policymakers guide to applying relative poverty lines
- ( L.G. Bellù; P. Liberati / EASYPol , 2005)
- This training module illustrates how to define relative poverty lines - those based on approaches that consider the welfare position of each individual or household in relation to the welfare position...
- Poverty reduction in China: fact or fallacy?
- ( S. Reddy; C. Minoiu / Institute for social and economic research and policy University of Columbia , 2006)
- Poverty dynamics in China can play a significant role in determining trends in poverty worldwide. It is widely believed that substantial poverty reduction took place in China throughout the 1990s, tho...
- For richer for poorer: is wealth redistribution really possible?
- ( M. Medeiros / UNDP International Poverty Centre , 2006)
- In extremely unequal yet relatively rich societies, inequality reduction can be an important strategy for the eradication of poverty. Whilst a great number of studies are focused on poverty, the rich ...
- Methods of monitoring poverty trends
- ( C. Azzarri; G. Carletto; B. Davis; A. Zezza / Agricultural and Development Economics Division, FAO , 2005)
- In developing countries poverty is generally measured with expenditure data. Such data are difficult and costly to obtain and it is generally recommended to collect them every 3-5 years. In between su...
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