To better understand the geographic determinants of poverty in Albania, this article proposes a methodology similar to … poverty levels. …

stochastic dominance framework. The key advantage is that the assessment as to whether pricing or price cap reforms are poverty …

We propose simple graphical methods to identify poverty-reducing marginal reforms of transfer programs. The methods are … based on Program Dominance curves that display cumulative program benefits weighted by powers of poverty gaps. These curves … whether the assessment of marginal program reforms is sensitive to the choice of poverty lines and poverty measures as well as …

The poverty impact of indirect tax reforms is analyzed using sequential stochastic dominance methods. This allows …

poverty in Canada. …

This paper extends the previous literature on the normative links between the measurement of poverty, social welfare … and inequality. We show how, when the range of possible poverty lines is unbounded above, a robust ranking of absolute … poverty may be interpreted as a robust ranking of social welfare, and a robust ranking of relative poverty may be interpreted …

A method is proposed to provide robust poverty comparisons and robust evaluations of marginal policy reforms under …

crucial for equitable growth and poverty reduction. Enhanced female employment and income also contribute to better priority …