poverty. Drawing on data from Mexico's Adultos Mayores Program (Older Adults Program) --a cash transfer scheme aimed at rural …

LAC by exploiting this new dataset, combined with the national household surveys. The authors estimate levels and patterns …, and compare the results with those from household surveys. …

poverty risk factors at the household and individual levels. The goal of the paper is to describe the main trends in the … data set (household surveys). Therefore, the study does not explore the causes of poverty in the MIC sector or the factors …This study assesses poverty in the microenterprise sector in Latin America, presenting stylized facts on potential …

patterns of indigenous poverty over time. In addition, the first section examines some of the historical determinants that can … explain the disproportionate poverty confronting Latin America's indigenous peoples today and provides an overview of diverse … with measures to combat indigenous poverty through the policies and programs of governments and international actors …

approximately 40 million indigenous people of the hemisphere. In addition to the critical issues of poverty reduction, self … Seminar on Indigenous Development: Poverty, Democracy and Sustainability, organized on the occasion of the First General …

information which will assist the planning of poverty alleviation programs in a number of countries in Latin America. The specific … aim of this report is to identify the conditions of poverty experienced by indigenous peoples in Nicaragua, to outline as … far as possible the structural causes of this poverty, and to recommend measures which might be taken to alleviate it. …

This article discusses the plight of poor women around the world and the feminization of poverty. The evidence is …

, concerning the issue of indigenous peoples and poverty reduction in Latin America. In introducing the Guatemalan study, it is … complex issues to be addressed in reducing the poverty of indigenous peoples in a country like Guatemala; and also to prepare … the poverty facing indigenous peoples in Guatemala. …

More than a third of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean currently live in poverty. Will the region be … able to simultaneously increase economic growth and reduce poverty given its scarce fiscal resources? The message of this … other. This report shows the importance of economic growth to achieve poverty reduction. It also shows that in countries …

This document surveys Bank lending operations designed to fight poverty and enhance social equity, with emphasis on … recently approved projects with innovative components. It also surveys a broad range of poverty-related non-lending activities … carried out by the Bank over the past two years. It includes a general framework for poverty reduction in Latin America and …