poverty has worsened, although AIDS, drought, and economic mismanagement have all compromised poverty reduction. In any case …, child poverty has come under increased scrutiny, in part because of the Millennium Development Goals and the growing …

middle income countries that examined optimal approaches to reduce child poverty using universal categorical child allowances … margins of the poverty line were found to be small and robustness and sensitivity tests were done to accompany simulation …. Simulations found that individual level allowances reduce poverty more than household level allowances. Such individual level …

of the increase in the value-added tax (VAT) rate and increases in benefit amounts in 2018. Although poverty and … an expanded set of social benefits would lead to reduced poverty and inequality in comparison to the current practice of …

revenue losses and impact on poverty are estimated. The rules for direct taxes are then modified in order to identify ways in …

US poverty is much higher than poverty in Europe when a relative poverty measure is used. Using an absolute poverty … measurement method, the picture looks different: poverty in some European countries is higher. This paper estimates poverty rates …) and the European Union (relative) to all the countries. The differences in poverty levels, both in time and between the 16 …