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 … Africa, but childhood undernutrition is by far the highest in South Asia, while the share of people with insufficient …

their initial conditions in terms of poverty and inequality levels.This paper presents a framework to quantify how much … initial conditions affect poverty reduction, given a level of "effort" (growth). The framework used in the analysis allows for … the growth elasticity of poverty to vary according to changes in the income distribution along the dynamic path of growth …

I consider two issues concerning how to monitor global poverty for the Millennium Development Goals, the selection of … poverty lines, and the data sources for monitoring poverty over time. I discuss the choice of a single international line …, converted using purchasing power parity exchange rates, versus the use of country-specific poverty lines. I note the …

The Brazilian Northeast is a region characterized by high levels of poverty and inequality. These aspects hinder its … poverty, infant mortality, and birth outcomes in the Brazilian Northeast region. Using a difference-in-differences approach … robust to heterogenous treatment effects, we find that the program led to a significant reduction in poverty and infant …

Success in reducing monetary poverty in Southeast Asia has not fully translated into reduction in malnutrition. Using a … poverty and nutritional outcomes of children under five. Furthermore, we compare nutritional outcomes of children below five … nutrition remains a problem in rural areas across Southeast Asia despite achievements in poverty alleviation. Results reveal …