preferential credit. This paper examines poverty targeting and impact of the micro-credit program. It is found that the program is … on poverty reduction of the participants. This positive impact is found for all the three Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty …

This research quantifies the effects on poverty in Ecuador of bilateral trade liberalization with the U.S. and fiscal … policies as the main mechanisms through which trade impacts poverty. The paper combines a reduced-form micro household income … small. Indigence and income distribution effects are small but positive. There are mixed results on poverty. The best …

labour in the form of wages. Given that poverty is most prevalent in rural areas, where there is a 74.3 percent incidence of … poverty as opposed to 36.8 percent for urban areas, it is reasonable for the government to make improved productivity and the …

effect between 1994 and 2008- over wages, employment and poverty. While the macroeconomic effects of a change in the pension … analysis. We use a CGE model to evaluate the effects of the reform on labor market and poverty. Our result indicate that if … private pension funds are allocated to physical investment, labor demand and wages increase and poverty goes down. However …

In the context of a sharp rise in the incidence of poverty and increasing inequality since the end of the last decade …, labour markets, and poverty and inequality are assessed using a top-down static CGE, a microsimulation approach. It is shown … reduction of poverty incidences, poverty gaps and the severity of poverty exclusively due to the introduction of the personal …

This study applies the regression-based inequality decomposition technique to explain poverty and inequality trends in …

price of food items is higher. Therefore, the poverty headcount ratio increases. As expected, a reduction in the world price … and poverty, particularly in the rural areas. …

and preferential tax policy on regional income disparity and poverty reduction. Using a computable general equilibrium …

consumption, and an increase in poverty. We thus recommend a gradual approach to tax reform that can make the adjustment process …

This paper is an application of multidimensional poverty data to the policy need to improve the effectiveness of the … of poverty, needs to be based on a good understanding of the nature of poverty among the target group. To this end, data …