The contemporary, income and consumption approaches to poverty definition and measurement, which are unidimensional in nature, are unable to capture multiple dimensions of poverty. The multidimensional approach operationalized here in the structural equation framework suggests that the multidimensionality of poverty hypothesis holds for the population in Kathmandu, Nepal, including economic wel...

in this study, first we estimated the poverty line of household and poverty indices in rural areas between1999 to 2004. stochastic dominance test is applied to compare the extent of poverty in the beginning year and the end year of third- socio economic development plan of iran. the most important feature of this technique is providing comparative comparison of poverty in two years or different...

In almost all underdeveloped countries where per capita income is very low, income inequality has resulted in a number of evils, of which poverty is certainly the most serious one. Poverty infact is a socio-economic phenomenon that is intimately associated with inequality. It adversely affects human health, efficiency and productivity which in turn affect their income. It deprives a segment of ...

Discussions of chronic poverty emphasize the extent to which poverty endures because of the social relationships and structures within which particular social groups are embedded. In this sense chronic poverty is a socio-political relationship rather than a condition of assetless-ness. Understood as such, processes of social mobilization become central to any discussion of chronic poverty becau...

Poverty eradication and environmental protection as the two global goals of sustainable development. China’s poverty alleviation policy attempts to achieve green development in poverty-stricken areas by eliminating while also promoting protection. Since Poverty-stricken counties on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau have dual attributes ecological degradation fragility, it is great significance study impact...

Institutional analysis that aims to contribute to the reduction of rural poverty needs to focus first of all on the ways in which institutions influence poverty and the livelihoods of the poor. Therefore the starting point has to be poor people themselves. This means understanding their diversity and the different characteristics of people who are affected by poverty and experience it in differ...