analyzes the impact of those reforms on poverty using micro-level simulations based on the most recent household consumption …

This policy note examines Thailand's programs for preventing poverty among the elderly, and suggests options for … 30 years, and the elderly already have a higher poverty rate than the population as a whole. Although Thailand currently … pension and social assistance programs aimed at preventing poverty among the elderly, target more spending at the elderly poor …

Reducing poverty, and providing for minimum needs, is the ultimate yardstick against which to measure development. To … this end, the study outlines India's growth rate, improved social indicators, and poverty reduction since the 1970s, but … specifies that, despite this progress, poverty is a serious concern, where social indicators remain below comparator countries …

Poverty in Guatemala is high and deep. In 2000, over half of all Guatemalans lived in poverty. About 16 percent lived … in extreme poverty. Available evidence suggests that poverty in Guatemala is higher than in other Central American … countries. Although poverty has fallen over the past decade, its trend recently declined due to a series of economic shocks …