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 …

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 …

While LAC continues its progress towards becoming a middle-class region, in 2013 poverty reduction was slower than in … financial crisis. Driving the lower gains in shared prosperity and poverty reduction is the region's slowing economic growth … crucial role of labor earnings in poverty and inequality reduction, this report analyzes more deeply LAC's labor markets and …

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

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

This Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) is part of a broader dialogue on energy tax reform and strengthening …

To permanently end poverty and hunger by 2030, the world needs a food system that can feed every person, every day …

Bolivia made substantial progress in reducing poverty and inequality during the commodity boom, and despite the adverse … external context of the past five years, poverty reduction continued, albeit more slowly. Expansionary policies allowed the … country to continue growing and reducing poverty until the pandemic but did so at the expense of large macroeconomic …

This poverty assessment aims to strengthen the analytical foundation for poverty-reduction policies and interventions … in Mali. In recent years, important gains have been made across multiple dimensions of household welfare, but poverty in … Mali remains widespread and extreme. The COVID-19 induced crisis has reversed much of the progress in poverty reduction …