Poverty evaluations differ from welfare evaluations in one significant aspect, the existence of a threshold or reference point, the poverty line. It is therefore possible to build up normative evaluation models in which comparisons are made taking distances from this reference point rather than from the origin to be ethically relevant. This is the case in our model of poverty comparisons over h...

The literature has traditionally approached fuel poverty as a result of poverty. Fuel poor are those households who cannot pay fuel bill and have to live in cold ambient, with grave effects on their health. As fuel poverty is actually considered in poverty’s analysis, there is little discussion about whether homeowners (who own housing wealth and, theoretically, cannot be poor) could suffer thi...

Robert Lampman was a seminal figure in the history of research on poverty in general and on the negative income tax (NIT) (see box, p. 2). He was also a key figure in the development of the War on Poverty, in the founding of the Institute for Research on Poverty, and in other important poverty-related events in the 1960s and early 1970s. In this essay I discuss Lampman’s writings on the NIT and...

Poverty among individuals is an enduring condition in almost all societies. The responses by governments to poverty, however, have varied. In the United States, President Lyndon Johnson sought to address poverty through the creation of the Great Society programs in the 1960s. In effect, he declared a War on Poverty. Later, especially during the Republicans’ takeover of the government in the 198...

Re ec ce en nt t T Tr re en nd ds s i in n t th he e I In nh he er ri it ta an nc ce e o of f P Po ov ve er rt ty y a an nd d F Fa am mi il ly y S St tr ru uc ct tu ur re e ABSTRACT. This study investigates trends in the interdependence of poverty and family structure from one generation to the next, focusing specifically on mothers and daughters. This aspect of the mobility process has not bee...

In his very instructive article, Angus Deaton argues that for international institutions (for example, the World Bank) and the national governments of most poor countries (for example, India), reduction of poverty is or is professed to be the paramount objective of policy. As such, they require some overall yardstick of progress (or lack thereof). According to Deaton, there is a long history of...

background malaria affects the health and wealth of individuals, as well as nations. in ethiopia, malaria is identified as both a disease of poverty and a cause of poverty. objectives a retrospective analysis was conducted to investigate the changes in malaria indices at the serbo health center, ethiopia. materials and methods based on existing blood smear examination data. the original case re...