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 …

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. …

Although growth has improved substantially in most African countries in recent years, poverty across the continent has … fallen very little in the aggregate. There have been strong poverty reduction performances in some countries, but others … exhibit higher poverty rates now than in 1990 despite economic growth. This paper seeks to understand the reasons for this …

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 …

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 …

provide an explanation for the increase in relative wages of skilled workers in Ghana. Estimates of a skilled worker relative … machinery is found to be indeed consistent with skill-biased technological change in Ghana. …

The paper analyses labour market participation and selection into specific employment sectors in urban areas of Ghana … is found to increase the probability of employment but the reverse is the case in Ghana as education increases the …

Surveys of Tanzania and Ghana for 2004-2006. We investigate and compare heterogeneity in earnings determinants among self … and secondary levels of education are inequality-reducing among workers in Tanzania but this is not the case in Ghana …. Tertiary education on the other hand is found to widen earnings inequality in both Tanzania and Ghana. …