Salvador's accomplishments in reducing poverty. This means that there will be high returns for poverty reduction when the … markets and basic services, such as safe water, will be sufficient to enable them to escape from poverty. Nonetheless, there …

accelerate poverty reduction in the medium to long term?; (ii) which groups and aspects of poverty will it make sense to target …-riding objective of both the government and its development partners is to reduce the high levels of poverty and inequality that … expenditure on social safety nets. Chapter two examines the dynamics of poverty in Lesotho and the characteristics of the major …

accelerate poverty reduction in the medium to long term?; (ii) which groups and aspects of poverty will it make sense to target …-riding objective of both the government and its development partners is to reduce the high levels of poverty and inequality that … expenditure on social safety nets. Chapter two examines the dynamics of poverty in Lesotho and the characteristics of the major …

effective mechanism for channeling assistance to the poor. In 2009, the Government of Tajikistan asked the World Bank to support … improvement of its system of social assistance. The World Bank prepared this report to inform its technical and financial support … households. At present, Tajikistan's system of social assistance exerts almost no downward influence on poverty rates. This note …

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 …

medium run and of interrupting the intergenerational cycle of poverty. This vision is fully consistent with the World Bank … non poor households into poverty, and poor households into deeper poverty; and 3) to promote investment in human and … programs help create the resilience, equity and access to jobs and opportunities essential to save lives, reduce poverty and …

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 …

This study brief on "Social Assistance Programs and Household Welfare in Eswatini" examines the performance of Eswatini …

divide in standards of living. While rural development and urbanization have led to significant poverty reduction in the …'s success story in poverty reduction is the success story of its South. Finally, North-South migration should not be seen as … detracting from the potential development of Northern Ghana. North-South migration is potentially a strong instrument for poverty …

's development and poverty reduction trajectory. The major driver of Azerbaijan's demographic shift is an aging population. The …