We consider a situation where the relatively ‘poor’ are concerned about their relative income status with respect … behavior of the poor. We point towards a possible conflict between income based and nutrition- based measure of poverty …

We consider a situation where the relatively ‘poor’ are concerned about their relative income status with respect to a … the poor. We point towards a possible conflict between income based and nutrition-based measure of poverty. Changes in …

This paper is the first attempt towards directly testing the existence of status seeking behavior of the poor for a … developing economy, India, with the help of a large dataset. The paper empirically validates status consciousness among the … relatively poor for both rural and urban areas across the states of India. The hypotheses that inequality impacts consumption …

This paper is the first attempt towards directly testing the existence of status seeking behavior of the poor for a … developing economy, India, with the help of a large dataset. The paper empirically validates status consciousness among the … relatively poor for both rural and urban areas across the states of India. The hypotheses that inequality impacts consumption …

-monetary outcomes, remains an important concern. This increase in inequality is one reason why growth has not led to faster poverty …Ghana is relatively rare among Sub-Saharan African countries in having had sustained positive growth every year since … the mid-1980s. This paper analyses the nature of the growth and then presents an analysis of the evolution of both …

After many years of relatively slow growth, Tanzania's national accounts data report accelerated aggregate growth since … around 2000. Our analysis shows that there has been somewhat slower growth in private consumption and in sectors such as … poverty over the period, and what poverty reduction there has been has mostly occurred in Dar es Salaam. Indicators of non …

looking forward to a much better future - in terms of both growth and human development - than was deemed possible at the time …

, Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations, published in 1968. Myrdal pointed to the decisive nature of the … way; the last three decades have witnessed one of the best performances in the world in terms of both economic growth and … poverty reduction. People's living standards have improved significantly, and the country's socio-economic achievements are …

date, and then to use this as a background for the analysis of poverty, inequality, and non-monetary outcomes. The analysis … of poverty and inequality uses the microeconomic data from three comparable and nationally representative Cameroonian …The purpose of this paper is to analyse the growth performance of the Cameroonian economy from independence in 1960 to …