, the well-being of the poor improved. This evidence suggests that poverty estimates for Madagascar are more a reflection of …We use Arndt and Simler's (2010) utility-consistent approach to calculating poverty lines to analyse poverty in … Madagascar in 2001, 2005 and 2010. Because two major political crises occurred between the survey periods, the snapshots of …

employment and earnings as a linkage between growth and poverty reduction, especially in low income countries. With the objective … of providing inputs into the policy discussion on how to enhance poverty reduction through increased employment and … earnings for given growth levels, this study explores this linkage in the case of Madagascar using data from the national …

There is little doubt that economic growth contributes significantly to poverty reduction; however, countries clearly … differ in the degree to which income growth translates into reduced levels of poverty. Although cross-country estimates … suggest that differences in the responsiveness of poverty to income growth account for a small fraction of overall differences …

Simler's (2010) utility-consistent approach to measuring consumption poverty in order to analyse poverty in Madagascar in …We adapt the standardized Poverty Line Estimation Analytical Software-PLEASe computer code stream based on Arndt and … differs from the approach undertaken by the national statistical office to produce the official poverty estimates and how the …

, to examine changes in poverty in Madagascar. The authors find that poverty in this Indian Ocean country rose from an … rural areas witnessed persistent increases in poverty despite market reforms, as structural constraints affected their … ability to escape poverty. A strong correlation between "remoteness" (as measured by various proxies) and high levels of …