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 …

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 …

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 …

The evaluation of the impact on poverty of social programs depends on how other programs are treated in the analysis … and on the assumptions used for estimating poverty measures. This paper applies a simple yet sound method for allocating … between various programs the total poverty reduction obtained from several programs. Estimates of program impacts are also …

The evaluation of the poverty impact and targeting performance of a given social program may depend on how other … simple yet theoretically sound method for allocating between various programs the overall poverty reduction obtained from a …

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 …

microsimulation model that reproduces the system of taxes and transfers in 2002 Quebec, we measure the EMTRs that result from the …