preferential credit. This paper examines poverty targeting and impact of the micro-credit program. It is found that the program is … on poverty reduction of the participants. This positive impact is found for all the three Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty …

Using a CGE model, this study analyses the impact of trade liberalization on poverty at the household level taking … production of textile and leather products. Poverty shows a slight increase in both scenarios. At the national level, a complete … tariff cut results in an increase in poverty by 2.8 percent, while a uniform tariff scheme raises poverty by 2.3 percent …

-led development, on food security, and on poverty in Ethiopia. It is line with the current five year development strategy of the … detain while reducing the share of unskilled labor. The same applies for land. Finally, the model has a poverty module using … and is calibrated to a SAM of Ethiopia for the fiscal year 2005/06. The poverty module uses the 2005 Household Income and …

, the poverty effects of these trading arrangements are not yet fully known. This paper, which uses a computable general … instrumental in reducing poverty in the country. It also shows that the relatively poor and less-skilled household groups, like … preferential and multilateral trade liberalization in order to help eradicate poverty. …

this paper is to take this discussion a step further by introducing the effect of textiles protection on poverty and its … increase in consumption for most households. Unskilled Indians are the only group to experience a reduction in poverty and … welfare increases in the short run. The average poverty gap and the squared poverty gap also follow the same pattern as …

instability. The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of regional integration on the country's labour market and poverty. We … negative effects on investment. Finally, the effects on poverty and income distribution obtained through microsimulations are …

Income inequality and poverty are closely related. This study decomposed income inequality in Nigeria using the Gini … contributed to the increased income inequality. Between 1998 and 2004, income redistribution and income growth increased poverty …

This paper provides an overview of the evolution of income inequality and poverty in China from 1987 to 2002 … agricultural income from the mid-1990s onward. Poverty persists, and tied in part to slow growth in agricultural commodity prices … restructuring have fueled the growth in inequality within urban areas. Poverty levels, however, are very low. China should give more …

incidence) nor actually relate poverty indices to fiscal impact. This paper jointly and separately examines the redistributive … and poverty effects of the tax and transfer (education and health) systems in Cameroon. Broadly speaking, the tax system … reflect fiscal policies in that they are more progressive and poverty-reducing when we use relative poverty lines in rural …