Despite strong economic growth and falling poverty over the last decade, many households continue to live on the edge … of poverty. The last decade in Indonesia has seen a return to strong economic growth, and the poverty rate has fallen … from 23.4 percent (1999) to 12.5 percent (2011). The falling overall poverty rate, however, partially masks a high degree …

Indonesians living below the poverty line has fallen dramatically. Nonetheless, around 12 percent of Indonesians remain in poverty … and another 30 percent remain highly vulnerable to falling into poverty in any given year. In addition, Indonesia has … promote the poor out of poverty and protect poor and vulnerable households from both individual and more widespread shocks …

"Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs aim to alleviate poverty through monetary and in-kind benefits, as well as … reduce future levels of poverty by encouraging investments in education, health, and nutrition. The success of CCT programs … at reducing poverty depends on whether, and the extent to which, cash transfers affect adult work incentives. The authors …

public services. Yet, the urban-rural distinctions need to be seen as a continuum, where depth and characteristics of poverty … vary with settlement size. The objective of this report is to inform the design of urban poverty interventions. It is … understand better the dimensions of urban poverty. Chapter 2 considers the relationship between urban poverty and macroeconomic …

the first phase of the Mexico Programmatic Poverty Work, as well as the urban, rural and vulnerability studies conducted …

challenges are many. People living in extreme poverty frequently have multiple needs that require a range of services. They also … available programs. At the World Bank, committed to helping countries eradicate extreme poverty and alleviate hunger, the first …'s targeted extreme poverty reduction program, Chile Solidario. The program, which twins regular visits from social workers with a …

important role in addressing poverty and vulnerability; however, the process by which the safety nets have been developed in … effectiveness are both necessary and possible. Poverty and extreme poverty in Swaziland are both overwhelmingly rural phenomena. The … incidence of poverty is 73 percent in rural areas but only 31 percent in urban areas. Eighty-eight percent of the poor and 95 …

- 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 …

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 …