developing countries, but little is known about their impact. This paper studies the productivity and distributional effects of … district's suitability for dams to provide instrumental variable estimates of their impact. We find that, in a district where a … dam is built, agricultural production does not increase but poverty does. In contrast, districts located downstream from …

This paper compares the latest estimates of poverty (1999–2000) made by the Planning Commission with earlier … (2003) in this regard. The paper traces the comparable poverty estimates for the 1980s and 1990s in their levels and change … and uses the extent of poverty reduction implicit in these estimates to assess the magnitude of poverty reduction in the …

A variety of institutional forms of microfinance are being introduced in Asia including by the ADB-and financial … institutions pursue different objectives, so it is difficult to assess how well microfinance is actually contributing to poverty …

Using data from a survey of clients of a microfinance bank, Khushhali Bank, in 2005, the study revisited the survey … data and found that despite the Bank’s strict poverty-targeting program used in client selection and despite the surveyâ …

Studies of poverty dynamics relying solely on household income-expenditure surveys can yield noisy results …, overestimating transient poverty and underestimating persistence of poverty, especially for the poorest. In this study, we make use … including promotional, protective and transformative strategies to make a real dent on extreme poverty.[CFPR-TUP Working Paper …

Multiple Meanings of Money: How Women See Microfinance by Smita Premchander, V. Prameela, M. Chidambaranathan, L …

Out-of-pocket (OOP) payments are the principal means of financing health care throughout much of Asia. The paper … large fraction of household resources, and on the impoverishing effect of payments. Catastrophic impact is measured by the … comparing poverty headcounts and gaps before and after OOP health payments. Presented here is the first cross …