Fiscal policy is central to not only macroeconomic stability and growth, but also to poverty and inequality reduction … insufficient to compensate for the effect of taxes, resulting in net increases in poverty. In the context of upper …

's fiscal policies also lead to a reduction in poverty, mainly due to well-targeted direct transfers …

declined by four percentage points (or 15 percent) within six months of program rollout, and the poverty headcount at the …

transfers. The findings show that the system is progressive and contributes to reductions in poverty and inequality. The Gini ….76 Gini points (around 16 percent). Something similar happens with the poverty rate, which decreases from 47.31 to 31 …

sustained poverty reduction. In this framework, development is linked to the adoption of an increasing returns to scale … poverty reduction is measured as a continuous decline in the share of the population living below $1.90/day purchasing power … not live in a market large enough to experience sustained poverty reduction. …

Using counterfactual microsimulations, Shapley decompositions of time change in inequality and poverty indices make it … depth of poverty would have increased under the first New Labour government, had important reforms like the extensions of … income support and tax credits not been implemented. These reforms have also contributed to substantially reduce poverty …

Colombia has reduced extreme poverty in the past 16 years by almost half, moderate poverty by 22 percentage points, and … made more than four million Colombians jump the threshold of multidimensional poverty. However, it remains one of the most … speed up the decline in inequality levels and reduce poverty. This study presents an exhaustive and comprehensive analysis …

, decreasing the Gini inequality index by 21 percentage points, and the official measure of poverty incidence by 27.6 percentage …

This paper exploits a novel municipal-level data set to explore patterns of convergence in income and poverty in Mexico … during 1992-2014. The paper finds that, despite a context of overall stagnant economic growth and poverty reduction, there is … evidence of income and poverty convergence at the municipal level. The findings suggest that these convergence processes stem …