other inefficiencies. This paper proposes an approach through which all transfers to individuals vulnerable to poverty and … possible to propose a new transfer programme based on a universal child benefit and a targeted extreme poverty grant that will … be twice as effective at reducing poverty and inequality as the four existing programmes …

well below the EU at-risk-of-poverty thresholds in many countries. Single earners with dependent children are especially at … risk of poverty. We discuss the options for making progress. …

. The paper underscores the principles of the poverty focus of social assistance and presents an overview of existence … evidence of first- and second-order effects of social assistance, particularly in the domains of poverty, education, health and …

This paper assesses the effects on poverty and inequality of the alternative targeting approaches that Zambia's Social … government introduced support based on giving actual cash through social cash transfers aimed at reducing poverty and … of social cash transfers, nationwide extreme poverty would be 1.6 percentage points higher than otherwise. The results …

Programs to fight poverty aim at allowing individuals to support themselves ex-post, when they are not part of the …