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Government Cash Transfers, Household Consumption, And Poverty Alleviation - The Case Of Russia
Richter, Kaspar - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
The paper develops a new approach to measuring the impact of government cash transfers on poverty alleviation that … of changes in government cash benefits on poverty rates in Russia during 1994 to 1998. The methodological contribution is … changes in the expenditure distribution excluding cash transfers on movements in poverty rates. At least 30% of the rise in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124403
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Pro-poor trade policy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Nicita, Alessandro; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Porto, Guido - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
The objective of this paper is to estimate the potential pro-poor bias in the existing structure of protection in six countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) (i.e., whether it redistributes income from rich to poor households). We also explore the extent to which the barriers faced by SSA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320401