poverty in other developing countries can be analysed. It then applies this framework to twelve countries, six in Asia and six …

This report seeks to put the issue of poverty in practical terms of what we know about poverty and what can be done to …

This study assesses poverty in the microenterprise sector in Latin America, presenting stylized facts on potential … poverty risk factors at the household and individual levels. The goal of the paper is to describe the main trends in the … region and the scope of the paper is limited to a descriptive analysis of poverty risk factors based on the nature of the …

This book examines poverty as a structural problem caused by the way economic systems operate. It poses a simple …

Experience from the 1990s has led to a poverty reduction agenda that, on top of promoting economic growth, addresses …

of poverty rates and inequality levels. We also estimate a heterogeneous response to the mining-abundant condition …, finding stronger responses in lower-poverty, higher-inequality districts. Finally, we find a trend suggesting incremental … activities, on the reduction of poverty and inequality. …

Raising labor productivity is recognized as a critical factor for increasing economic growth and reducing poverty … the region. We examine the scope for education to lift labor incomes above poverty levels in Latin America and find that …

Workfare programs aim to reduce poverty by providing low-wage work to those who need it. They are often turned to in a …

Targeted Human Development Programs (THDPs) are integrated poverty reduction programs designed to increase the capacity …-school and school-age children. Their main long-term objective is to eradicate the structural causes of poverty by fostering … investment in the next generation's human capital. A secondary objective is to alleviate poverty in the short term, mainly …

This paper reviews the contribution of agriculture and rural development to poverty reduction by examining the … Peru) that have experienced substantial reductions in poverty. While the four countries fall into three distinct groupings … reductions in poverty during the last two decades - a transformation that they achieved by taking substantially different paths …