Progressively targeted cash transfers remain the dominant policy response to chronic poverty in developing countries …. But are there alternative social protection policies that might have larger poverty impacts over time for the same public … vulnerable, but non-poor households in the wake of negative shocks, can result in lower rates of poverty in the medium term than …

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 …

Many studies examine the anti-poverty effects of social insurance and means-tested transfers, relying solely on survey … Program Participation data. Using the linked data, we find that Social Security cuts the poverty rate by a third - more than … effective. All programs except for the EITC sharply reduce deep poverty (below 50% of the poverty line), while the impact of the …

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 …