analysis reported in this paper exploits a unique panel dataset of poverty maps covering almost 2,400 municipalities in Mexico …Trends in aggregate growth and poverty reduction hide a multiplicity of development processes at the local level. The … decomposition of the poverty convergence elasticity, the analysis investigates whether this convergence, if it exists, has …

We study an innovative welfare program in Chile which combines a period of frequent home visits to households in … extreme poverty, with guaranteed access to social services. Program impacts are identified using a regression discontinuity …

This paper studies the effects of the Vietnam Hunger Eradication and Poverty Reduction (HEPR) program on school … the 15+ in rural areas. Our findings highlight the importance of integrating different anti-poverty measures to reduce …

goal of ending extreme poverty remains paramount. Globally, the World Bank set goals to end extreme poverty by 2030 and to …, eliminating poverty by 2030 is out of the region's reach. Even under our 'best case' scenario of accelerated growth and … redistribution from the richest 10 percent to the poorest 40 percent of the population, the poverty rate would still be around 10 …

poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient … into a middle income country (ADB, 2014). This has stimulated the need to understand causes of inequality and poverty for … poverty because they will substantially undermine the economic growth if left unchecked (ADB, 2014). The objective of this …

inequality relate to changes in consumption and poverty. In addition, we examine whether there has been convergence in inequality … and median consumption expenditure increased. At the same time, poverty incidence and severity increased precipitously … regions in consumption or poverty levels. We also find that durable goods expenditures are the biggest contributor to …

This paper reports socio-economic and health outcomes for intersex people in Mexico using data collected between 2021 …