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 …

income from job loss and extended unemployment, health episodes, old age, and life-time poverty - to determine if a system …

objective of this study is to analyze this poverty, so as to help design measures and policies to reduce it. The study also … seeks to understand the phenomenon of unemployment--the main cause of poverty-and propose actions to alleviate it. The … report is organized as follows: After Chapter 1, which explains the background of poverty and inequality in the Slovak …

households during a period when poverty affected more than half the population and unemployment reached record levels. The number … economic conditions since 2003 has resulted in a decline in unemployment, poverty, and inequality, and a recovery of formal …

relevant in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) context: cost, finance, service delivery, and education outcomes. Most …