Relying on the present literature, official statistics, and household survey data in the People's Republic of China …, this paper summarizes research findings on the relationship between urbanization, urban-rural inequality, and poverty, and … provides further empirical evidence on the role of urbanization and government policies in urban poverty. Several conclusions …

impact of financial literacy on poverty, which is a downstream welfare indicator. Consequently, we have constructed a … composite financial literacy index. Our results reveal that financial literacy plays an important role in reducing poverty. This …

more likely to fall into lower income levels, although disasters can also promote economic growth. Augmenting the household … in the Philippines helped mitigate the poverty impact by allocating more fiscal resources to build local resilience while …

household welfare and poverty measures based on the financial concept of risk aversion and the volatility in welfare, measured …Forward-looking poverty analyses are essential for targeting and implementing poverty prevention interventions. In the … presence of uncertainty and risk, the current poverty status of households is not a good indicator of whether they will be poor …

Using household data for rural northern Viet Nam between 1993 and 2014, we find that the ethnic minority group … lift poor minority households out of poverty further and reduce the development gap. …

In this paper, we employ stochastic dominance (SD) analysis on household unit records to measure relative welfare … urban, non-agricultural households, and that compared with wages and business income, other sources of income have grown in … importance in narrowing welfare gaps over time. We also found that gender of household head and education attainments matter for …

(underweight vs. non-underweight). We find that poverty and income influence nutrition outcomes, but other factors such as mother …In this paper, we analyze the link between nutrition and poverty in two Asian countries where monetary-based poverty … reduction was especially successful. Thailand and Viet Nam are two emerging market economies where poverty rates are now below …

public health systems, especially in rural India. At the same time, the intra-household dual burden of malnutrition is also …, seem less vulnerable to the dual burden of malnutrition. Also significant are household expenditure (suggesting that the …

determine the poverty implications of policy initiatives, it is important to stratify households according to income source and … in poverty headcount across income strata. Thus, changes in sector outcomes arising from policy reforms or major …Poverty-related studies are usually general examinations of the impact of policy reforms or major investments on the …