Abstract Evaluation of distributions of income on the basis of equality is one of the most
extensively studied topics in the general field of welfare economics. There is thus an …

Natural disasters play a major role in agricultural development and the economic cost
associated with all natural disasters has increased 14 fold since the 1950s. Natural disasters …

This study provides an introduction to this special issue of The Journal of Development
Studies on economic mobility and poverty dynamics in develo** countries. In addition to …

Most of the world's people live in" develo**" economies, as do most of the world's poor.
The predominant means of economic development is economic growth. In this book Gary …

Inequality means different things to different people: whether inequality should encapsulate
ethical concepts such as the desirability of a particular system of rewards or simply mean …

Anti‐poverty programmes often seek to improve their impact by targeting households for
assistance according to welfare measures in a single time period. However, a growing …

This paper contrasts the results of conventional poverty status regressions with an
alternative approach, the analysis of poverty transitions, using a five-year longitudinal …

The objectives of this paper are to provide a synthesis of current thinking and analytical
approaches to risk and vulnerability analysis, social risk management and the analysis of …

This paper uses the 1996–2001 National Socioeconomic Survey panel database to analyse
poverty dynamics in Chile, drawing a distinction between chronic and transient poverty. We …

Much like an inherited trait, poverty trends to pass from parent to child. How prevalent is this"
curse of the poor," why do some escape it, and how can we help improve the odds? This …