contributed to a number of positive outcomes, such as low poverty and high employment. However, our examination of more recent …

recent economic research on the welfare state and anti-poverty policy in rich countries, and explore their implications. We … begin with the conceptualisation and measurement of poverty, before sketching out some core features and approaches to the … welfare state and anti-poverty policies. We then focus on the central plank of the modern welfare state's efforts to address …

security systems (poverty alleviation, securing living standards and prevention) and that, as a consequence, the poverty … work-rich households. We find that in many countries the relative decline in poverty reduction has primarily affected work … the poverty alleviation function of social protection has come under pressure as a consequence of a shift of attention …