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Indian Poverty Estimates : How Great is the Debate?

Reddy, Sanjay G. - 2014

We review The Great Indian Poverty Debate edited by Angus Deaton and Valerie Kozel. The volume has great value as a survey of the complex issues involved in estimating poverty in India, which have recently been the subject of substantial controversy. However, the volume has notable omissions....

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Risk, under-investment in agricultural assets and dynamic asset poverty in rural China

You, Jing - In: China economic review : an international journal 29 (2014), pp. 27-45

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What about the women? : female headship, poverty and vulnerability in Thailand and Vietnam

Klasen, Stephan; Lechtenfeld, Tobias; Povel, Felix - 2011

This paper investigates whether heterogeneous subgroups of female-headed households are worse off than traditional households headed by men. We analyze the determinants of consumption, shock exposure and vulnerability to poverty. Using unique panel data of over 4000 rural households from...

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Household Consumption Volatility and Poverty Risk : Case Studies from South Africa and Tanzania

Bellon, Matthieu - 2020

important source of consumption risk as two thirds of households are involved in some level of agricultural production. For … South Africa, we focus on labor market risk proxied by transitions from formal employment to informal work or unemployment …

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Does the Risk of Poverty Reduce Happiness?

Caria, Antonio Stefano - 2014

We investigate the unexplored link between the risk of poverty and happiness in the context of a developing country …-averse. We conclude that downside risk is an important determinant of happiness and of economic decisions under uncertainty …. Policies that mitigate downward risk may thus have direct impacts on both well-being and efficiency …

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Risk and intertemporal substitution : livestock portfolios and off-take among Kenyan pastoralists

Lybbert, Travis J.; McPeak, John G. - In: Journal of development economics 97 (2012) 2, pp. 415-426

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Does financial inclusion reduce poverty and income inequality in developing countries? : a panel data analysis

Omar, Md Abdullah; Inaba, Kazuo - In: Journal of economic structures : JES; the official … 9 (2020) 37, pp. 1-25

Financial inclusion is a key element of social inclusion, particularly useful in combat-ing poverty and income inequality by opening blocked advancement opportunities for disadvantaged segments of the population. This study intends to investigate the impact of financial inclusion on reducing...

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Indonesia's poverty puzzle : chronic vs. transient poverty dynamics

Sugiharti, Lilik; Padilla, Miguel Angel Esquivias; Mohd … - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 2, pp. 1-20

Indonesia has lowered the total poverty rate by less than 10%. Earlier poverty measurements in Indonesia suggest that transient poverty is more prevalent. We argue that, when employing the Equally Distributed Equivalent (EDE) approach and disaggregated poverty lines, chronic poverty is more...

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What has really happened to poverty in the Philippines? : new measures, evidence, and policy implications

Balisacan, Arsenio M. - 2011

That poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon is no longer debatable. What remains a contentious issue is whether the various dimensions of individual deprivation should be aggregated--and how these are to be aggregated--into a summary measure of poverty. This study employs the Alkire-Foster...

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Poverty trends in Pakistan

Nazli, Hina; Whitney, Edward; Mahrt, Kristi - 2015

The official estimates of poverty in Pakistan have shown a remarkable and consistent decline in the poverty headcount during the previous decade. This paper examines trends in poverty between 2001 and 2011 using the official food energy intake and the cost of basic needs approaches, both of...

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