distribution system, and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The latter two are among the largest anti-poverty …

This report profiles poverty and assesses the performance of the social assistance (SA) system in the Turkish Cypriot … determinants of poverty in the TCc and on the effectiveness of the community's social assistance programs, with the ultimate … objective of putting forward recommendations on how to improve policy alleviating measures. The poverty profile developed in …

are affected, and (c) the implications for food security and poverty in the RUK region. The results from the analysis …

assesses the extent to which the system is aligned with and equipped to address the so-called "triple challenge" of poverty …

vulnerable segments of the population. Social protection (SP) programs, which have been proven to contribute to poverty reduction …

reduce poverty. Since its independence in 2008, the country has made considerable socioeconomic progress, benefiting from the … poverty and labor market outcomes; Section 3 provides a brief overview of the social protection system; Section 4 looks at non …

. Poverty stands at 48.6 percent nationally and almost 70 percent in rural areas; 21.3 percent are extreme poor, rising to 32 ….2 percent in rural areas5. The poverty rate hasn't changed much in five years. The poor rely heavily on subsistence agriculture … Government has recognized the importance of coupling growth with social protection to reduce poverty. The Government's National …

are reaching the poor and can reduce poverty, and consequently to identify ways to improve the current design features and …

-income status and poverty reduction ambitions …