safety nets and transfers can play in reducing poverty more rapidly in Tanzania. It presents the potential need and costs, to … strengthen the current system and develop a more unified national program, one which will have a greater impact on poverty levels … at reasonable cost, in line with the Government's poverty reduction strategy, known by the Swahili acronym MKUKUTA. The …

non poor households into poverty, and poor households into deeper poverty; and 3) to promote investment in human and … medium run and of interrupting the intergenerational cycle of poverty. This vision is fully consistent with the World Bank … programs help create the resilience, equity and access to jobs and opportunities essential to save lives, reduce poverty and …

accelerate poverty reduction in the medium to long term?; (ii) which groups and aspects of poverty will it make sense to target …-riding objective of both the government and its development partners is to reduce the high levels of poverty and inequality that … expenditure on social safety nets. Chapter two examines the dynamics of poverty in Lesotho and the characteristics of the major …

accelerate poverty reduction in the medium to long term?; (ii) which groups and aspects of poverty will it make sense to target …-riding objective of both the government and its development partners is to reduce the high levels of poverty and inequality that … expenditure on social safety nets. Chapter two examines the dynamics of poverty in Lesotho and the characteristics of the major …

transfer programs in reducing poverty and assesses how well they are placed both to address the possible social impact of the …

- programs with the following objectives: 1) alleviation of chronic poverty; 2) help to the poor in coping with the worst forms … of shocks and transient poverty; and 3) promotion of human development for long-term poverty alleviation. This note aims … and vulnerable populations. This note highlights two messages: first, it identifies gaps in the current poverty reduction …

This report highlights the relationship between poverty, risk and vulnerability facing the people of Afghanistan. The … report is divided in to five chapters: Chapter I provides a short historical overview of poverty and vulnerability and … other natural disasters. Chapters II and III focus on livelihoods, poverty and vulnerability in rural Afghanistan where more …

public services. Yet, the urban-rural distinctions need to be seen as a continuum, where depth and characteristics of poverty … vary with settlement size. The objective of this report is to inform the design of urban poverty interventions. It is … understand better the dimensions of urban poverty. Chapter 2 considers the relationship between urban poverty and macroeconomic …

This study is part of the second phase of a long-term programmatic work on poverty in Mexico, in three phases being … carried out by the Bank at the request of the Government of Mexico. Reasons for a study on rural poverty, are because the size … and intensity of the phenomenon, poverty, and inequality in rural Mexico are a matter of concern not only from the well …

This report summarizes and consolidates the findings of three Bank studies on poverty issues in Mexico, written as part … of the second phase of this work: Urban Poverty, Rural Poverty, and Social Protection. It also expands on how Mexico will … consequences for equity and poverty reduction outcomes. The economic trade?off between growth and equity, and thus between growth …