We propose simple graphical methods to identify poverty-reducing transfer program reforms. The methods are based on … Program Dominance curves that display cumulative program benefits weighted by powers of poverty gaps. These curves can be … assessment of program reforms is sensitive to the choice of poverty lines and poverty measures as well as to differences in …

This paper describes the effects of general food subsidies on poverty in Tunisia, as revealed by household survey data … that targeting by commodities is not an effective way to fight against poverty and so, it is unlikely that restructuring … investigate the impact on poverty of a more targeted transfer scheme, based on proxy means-tests, using an appropriate econometric …

We propose simple graphical methods to identify poverty-reducing marginal reforms of transfer programs. The methods are … based on Program Dominance curves that display cumulative program benefits weighted by powers of poverty gaps. These curves … whether the assessment of marginal program reforms is sensitive to the choice of poverty lines and poverty measures as well as …

We propose a general cost-of-inequality approach that jointly integrates horizontal and vertical equity criteria in the … assessment of poverty alleviation programs, with the strength of each criterion being captured through its own inequity …-aversion parameter. This contrasts with the assessment of poverty alleviation programs done with simple under-coverage and leakage ratios …

Variations in aggregate poverty indices can be due to differences in average poverty intensity, to changes in the … those poor of initially similar welfare status. This note uses a general cost-of-inequality approach that decomposes the … total change in poverty into a sum of indices of each of these three components. This decomposition can serve inter alia to …

A method is proposed to provide robust poverty comparisons and robust evaluations of marginal policy reforms under …

This paper explores the link between poverty and inequality through an analysis of the poverty impact of changes in … empirical linkages between poverty, growth and inequality. It might also help design policies to improve both equity and welfare … as the choice of inequality and poverty aversion parameters, and that of the poverty line). The elasticities are also …

or that of the change in inequality on poverty. During the last few years, there was a growing interest to perform such … Goal (MDG, henceforth), that is to cut poverty by half. As is illustrated in this paper, estimated poverty changes may be … a new numerical method to allow to estimate accurately the impact of distributive changes on poverty. …

for comparing relative poverty. The results warn against the use of some popular indices of inequality. They do, however … poverty and restricted inequality. We also illustrate graphically how the new criteria of restricted inequality dominance …This paper develops criteria for a new concept of restricted inequality dominance and show how they relate to criteria …