. Finally, remittances contribute to poverty reduction – especially through their direct effects. Migration and remittances are …

poverty components. Our decomposition shows that idiosyncratic risks account for the largest share, followed by poverty and …

This paper focuses on vulnerability of rural households to poverty when a negative crop shock occurs based on the … of poverty as a consequence of such shocks. Using alternative specifications that take into account both direct and … policy simulations on land and non-land asset transfers are carried out. A reorientation of anti-poverty strategy is …

This paper focuses on vulnerability of rural households to poverty when a negative crop shock occurs. Of particular … concern is the possibilty of some sections experiencing long spells of poverty as a consequence of such shocks. The analysis … of anti-poverty strategy is necessary to avoid welfare losses from negative crop shocks that are frequent and …

Millennium development goal (MDG) of poverty reduction aims for halving of the head-count ratio over the period 1990 … openness of the economy, and regional characteristics in the first stage, and poverty depends on the (estimated) income per … - including a panel data method- have been employed to check the robustness of the results. The feasibility of halving poverty is …