This paper reports on mean consumption, poverty (all three FGT measures) and inequality during January to June 2004 for … higher than the poverty line. However, the Gini coefficient is higher than in recent earlier rounds. The headcount ratio … combined data, this figure is 20.6 per cent. Mean consumption, all three measures of poverty and the Gini coefficient are …

This paper compares the extent and the nature of the higher prevalence of poverty among disadvantaged ethnic groups in …, and analyze the magnitude of the ethnic gap in absolute and relative poverty levels across six countries and different … poverty. We compare the actual differential in poverty with the gap that remains after disadvantaged ethnic groups are given …

the multidimensional nature of poverty and how to measure it, then identifies aggregate indicators of the performance of … Indian states and the overall achievements and failings of India in terms of poverty alleviation. In the second half, the … article identifies what seems to be the lack of a ‘politics of poverty' in India and the various cultural, historical …

gender asymmetry in poverty can account for a substantial fraction of these missing women. Using a natural experiment, I link … profile of women's bargaining power and construct relative poverty rates for women. I find that bargaining power declines with … age, and that women's relative poverty rates closely match their higher than expected mortality rates by age. This match …

This paper compares the extent and the nature of the higher prevalence of poverty among disadvantaged ethnic groups in …, and analyze the magnitude of the ethnic gap in absolute and relative poverty levels across six countries and different … poverty. We compare the actual differential in poverty with the gap that remains after disadvantaged ethnic groups are given …

We compare the extent and the nature of the higher prevalence of poverty among disadvantaged ethnic groups in six Asian … magnitude of the ethnic gap in absolute and relative poverty levels across six countries and different ethnicities in those … countries. Then, we use regression-based counterfactual analysis for explaining these ethnic differentials in poverty. We …

poor. The poverty measures debate across the developing world has generated more heat than light as there is no consensus … on constructing the poverty line. Characterization of poverty and heterogeneity of the poor needs more profound … understanding and investigation. This paper attempts to provide an alternative framework to track Chronic and Transient poverty …

In this paper we report our findings as to the extent of poverty among the casual labourers of Shillong, the capital … city of Meghalaya, India. Two views of poverty have been considered; first at the per capita (per month) income level and …

The objective of this study is to bring out the case of poverty, undernourishment and health conditions of casual … energy. Some 38.4 percent of these households are below poverty line (fixed at Rs. 396 per capita per month). Poorer … households have larger family size. Consequently, some 46.5 percent persons in the sample households are below poverty line. The …