poverty by modelling the impact of technological progress in the formal sectors of the economy on the urban informal wage in a … is less capital intensive (as capital flows to the informal sectors). This helps in understanding trends in urban poverty … given the strong association between the urban informal wage and degree of urban poverty. …

This paper introduces a new methodology to target direct transfers against poverty. Our method is based on observable … improve anti-poverty targeting performances. Post-transfer poverty can be substantially reduced with the new estimation method …

we show that the plausible policy decision depend on parameters describing the balance between poverty and program … exclusion risk. In the Tunisian case, only a much larger weight put on poverty relatively to exclusion could bring the decision …

In this paper, we study the role of price correction in estimating the impact of price subsidies and anti-poverty cash … transfer schemes on poverty in Tunisia. Three types of price corrections are considered: (a) no corrections; (b) living … effects of the price deflation and the demand system estimation on poverty and budget leakage estimates. These effects can …

Growth improved substantially in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) since 1990, but poverty in SSA as a whole … or no success in reducing poverty, many have had significant achievements. The paper argues that inter … into poverty reduction. Since the 1990s (when poverty data are available) the distinction in terms of poverty reduction can …