The present study focuses on four main objectives. First, it presents an update of poverty, and income distribution … transfer effect of social programs; and, fourth, it looks at some special issues that impact on poverty, namely unemployment … poverty among indigenous communities. …

The report is based on analysis of the main facets and dynamics of poverty in Russia since 1997. The analysis was … "enhancing the measurement, monitoring, and analysis of poverty". This report is however, not a Poverty Reduction Strategy … poverty reduction policies. Thus recommendations are more of a sketchy roadmap of pillars of a poverty reduction strategy than …

explores the impact of this structural change in the rate of poverty reduction and concludes that it is far from negligible …

of per capita income has important implications for the relative roles of income growth and inequality changes in poverty … reduction. When poverty reduction is the overriding policy objective, poorer and relatively equal countries may be willing to …

, their movement over time, and their impact on poverty in the case of Poland. Poland, a middle-income country, is of … the past few years to reduce poverty while still experiencing positive economic growth. The authors show that in Poland …, poverty-reducing growth depends heavily on the ability of the economy to generate jobs. During the early years of transition …

survey (HBS) data show only a modest and statistically insignificant decline in poverty between 1992 and 2001. To assess the … likely trajectory of poverty rates over the course of the period, changes in poverty are simulated using unit-record HBS data … distributional changes observed between the two household surveys. The simulations suggest that following increases in poverty during …

evaluation of the impact of a series of pro-growth policies on inequality and headcount poverty. He relies on a large … the policies under consideration on growth, inequality, and poverty. The author's findings indicate that regardless of … their impact on inequality, pro-growth policies lead to lower poverty levels in the long run. However, he also finds …