, education, and health and rural poverty is examined by using public expenditure data of Nepal over 24 years. The data were drawn … (TFP) and hence related to improve the qualities of life, thereby reducing the poverty level. The comparative analysis of … expenditure has found that the expenditure on education (elasticity=0.24) has greater impact on poverty than the spending on …

activities have been effective in reducing poverty in India. For sensitivity and robustness of the results, three different … measures of poverty belonging to the Foster-Greer-Thorbecke group of poverty measures are used. We use various types of … estimating poverty. Using unbalanced panel techniques, the study tests Fixed Effects, Randome Effects and OLS models, and …