This paper examines the relationship between measures of income poverty, undernourishment, childhood undernutrition … measures of deprivation, the measures generate some inter-regional paradoxes. Income poverty and child mortality is highest in … that measurement issues related to the way undernourishment and childhood undernutrition is measured might play a …

Estimates of the number of people living in extreme poverty, as reported by the World Bank, figure prominently in … poverty covariates (i.e., years of schooling, literacy, asset index, working in agriculture, access to electricity, piped … international development dialogue and policy. An assumption underpinning these poverty counts is that there are no economies of …

In this article, we present a first empirical reflection on 'smart development,' its measurement, possible 'drivers … world system to 'deliver' a given amount of democracy, economic growth, gender equality, human development, research and … capita on these six dimensions of development and their combined performance index. The residuals from these regressions are …

the annual data from the United Nation's Humasn Development Index (HDI) nor data used in the World Happiness Report from …Using micro-data on six surveys the Gallup World Poll 2005-2023, the U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System … the Gallup World Poll shifted much in response to negative shocks. The HDI has been rising in the last decade or so …

dependency, identifiable by region and demographic. Using a flow analysis (inflow and outflow) of poverty, rather than a stock … analysis, we explain why poverty is more appropriately understood as a dynamic, with the majority of people flowing in and out … of poverty for short durations. Distinguishing between structural and transitory poverty gives rise to a focus on the …

poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient … into a middle income country (ADB, 2014). This has stimulated the need to understand causes of inequality and poverty for … poverty because they will substantially undermine the economic growth if left unchecked (ADB, 2014). The objective of this …

We re-explore Able-Smith and Townsend's landmark study of poverty in early post WW2 Britain. They found a large … increase in poverty between 1953-4 and 1960, a period of relatively strong economic growth. Our re-examination is a first … absolute poverty and also substantially under-estimated the rise in relative poverty. Their and our findings on poverty reflect …

Empirical evidence in the sparse literature on poverty convergence currently relies on cross-sectional analysis, where … Less Developed Countries (LDCs) starting out poorer are found to have enjoyed no faster subsequent poverty reduction during … the past three decades than those starting out richer, as initial poverty retards growth and makes it less effective in …