This study analyzes the impact of remittances on poverty in Nigeria, using data from the 2004 Nigerian National Living … (PSM) method to estimate the impact of remittances on poverty. The use of these methods was based on two reasons. The first … international remittances reduce the incidence, depth and severity of poverty. The statistical tests show a significant Average …

incidence) nor actually relate poverty indices to fiscal impact. This paper jointly and separately examines the redistributive … and poverty effects of the tax and transfer (education and health) systems in Cameroon. Broadly speaking, the tax system … reflect fiscal policies in that they are more progressive and poverty-reducing when we use relative poverty lines in rural …

This paper aims to analyse trends in poverty and inequality in seven African countries using an asset index constructed … rural areas, are thus required. Overall poverty has declined in five of the seven countries. The trends in urban and rural … poverty for the most part mirror these trends in overall poverty. Five of the seven countries experienced an improvement in …

The primary objective of this study is to capture multi-poverty with values for welfare dimensions rather than the …, which can be used to explain, measure and calculate the scores for five dimensions of welfare. Poverty analysis methods … applied on these scores show that each type of poverty has specific determinants, although some determinants are common to …

This paper generates multidimensional poverty profiles for women and children over a ten-year period from 1993 to 2003 ….Data from the national Demographic and Health Survey are used to improve measurement of poverty in Kenya in four ways … measurement of multidimensional poverty based on the CWI and health status. Third, stochastic dominance approaches are used to …