This book investigates and documents multidimensional poverty in the United States and identifies patterns and … first part introduces multidimensional poverty and provides a rationale for viewing poverty through a lens of multiple … deprivations. It discusses how the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) compares to more narrowly-focused, income-based poverty …

Poverty and income inequality remain a stubborn challenge in Asia and the Pacific despite the region's rapid economic … between financial inclusion, poverty, and income inequality at the country level will help policymakers design and implement … variables, on poverty and income inequality. Our results show that per capita income, rule of law, and demographic …

, examines the role of income inequality for poverty reduction. The analysis finds that the assumption that income is log … poverty reduction are calculated. The inequality elasticity of poverty reduction is larger, on average, compared to the …'s initial level of inequality. However, despite these results, most of the observed changes in poverty can be explained by …

Egypt also led to a decrease in poverty, mostly from the flagship Tamween program. Poverty and inequality could be reduced … data for fiscal year 2015. Evidence shows that Egyptian fiscal policy reduces income inequality, and that among individual … countries, Egypt's overall fiscal policy placed it in the median of the distribution of inequality reduction. Fiscal policies in …

Nepal made significant progress on poverty and shared prosperity over the period 1996-2010, despite low domestic growth …. With consistently high rates of vulnerability and exposure to a range of shocks, the risk of falling back into poverty has … poverty assessment is organized as follows: Section 1 describes the data challenges, and highlights the evolution of measures …

The purpose of this poverty assessment is to shine a new light on poverty, inequality, and its drivers in Costa Rica …. The report provides a descriptive overview of poverty trends in the country and examines why the poorest do not reap the …

This study estimates poverty, wealth inequality, and financial inclusion, for the first time, at the sub-caste level in … accumulation, lower poverty, and lesser exclusion from formal financial services than Dalits. Exclusion from formal financial … further dragging them into a vicious cycle of poverty …