PERHAPS, POVERTY AND PLENTY IS THE WORLD'S GREATEST CHALLENGE. THIS STUDY THEREFORE PROPOSE AN APPLIED …(COMPUTABLE)GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM APPROACH, THAT IS A RENEW ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEM OF POVERTY , EMPLOYMENT AND INEQUALITY THAT EARLIER STRATEGIES … CALIBRATION OF A POVERTY-BASED MODEL WITHIN DATA FRAMEWORK OF SOCIAL ACCOUNTING MATRIX(SAM). THE RESEARCH OUTPUT IS EXPECTED TO BE …

similar structure and is U-shaped in age in South Africa as in developed countries. Well-being rises with income. Unemployment …

rose for the interpretation of changes in the poverty profile.Four household surveys are used to show changes in both … that the rise in income was ssociated with modest falls in the head count and poverty gap measures of poverty but with … virtually no change in the severity of poverty measure. The fall in the head count measure was too small to prevent the absolute …

In this paper we report our findings as to the extent of poverty among the casual labourers of Shillong, the capital … city of Meghalaya, India. Two views of poverty have been considered; first at the per capita (per month) income level and …

The objective of this study is to bring out the case of poverty, undernourishment and health conditions of casual … energy. Some 38.4 percent of these households are below poverty line (fixed at Rs. 396 per capita per month). Poorer … households have larger family size. Consequently, some 46.5 percent persons in the sample households are below poverty line. The …

reducing poverty provides a different but equally powerful case for health investments. However, if policymakers are to …

The objective of this study is to bring out the case of poverty, undernourishment and health conditions of casual … 48.95 percent of income) on food articles yielding energy. Some 38.4 percent of these households are below poverty line … in the sample households are below poverty line. The mean energy intake of these households is slightly less than 1600 …

disease, on human capital investment decisions and income growth. This research is particularly relevant to Sub-Saharan Africa …

The goal is to try to give inputs on a global problem: eradicating poverty on a global scale. That is, to find evidence … and discuss complex problems regarding cronic poverty, a major source of instability in our world today, and to put …-Saharan) Africa and its (past and present) problems. Sub-Saharan Africa is the region which has the greatest percentage of its …