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in rural areas, but it has not reduced poverty that much, not least because of how it is administered. Moreover, the …
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poverty risk. The government has recently commissioned several studies to prepare a systematic reform of the system. The …
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paper is to deliver a fresh assessment of the evolution of inequality and poverty across OECD countries over the last … explores whether contracting inequalities coexist with increasing poverty. The paper adds to previous studies by introducing …
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Notwithstanding impressive progress, poverty and inequality remain high in Chile in OECD comparison, and the tax … be quite narrowly targeted at families living in extreme poverty. Over time, the government should consider increasing … support for the poor to find jobs of decent quality will be key to help them overcome poverty in a sustainable way. Ingreso …
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Income inequality in Colombia has declined since the early 2000s but remains very high by international standards. Income dispersion largely originates from the labour market, which is characterised by a still high unemployment rate, a pervasive informal sector and a wide wage dispersion...
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Poverty is an important policy issue in OECD countries and the recent crisis has made it even more pressing. This paper … highlights poverty rate differences across countries and reviews the various policies to tackle it. The OECD-wide poverty rate … poverty rate than working-age people and poverty is more wide-spread among women than men. Albeit boosting employment is …
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Substantial fiscal consolidation was achieved under the aegis of the 2003 Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act. While deficits widened anew in 2008 and 2009, against the backdrop of the global financial and economic crisis, efforts to reduce them have resumed since. To ensure...
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Welfare-to-work measures are a central theme of Israel’s labour and social policies to tackle relative poverty, which … comparison with OECD countries, but it is not strongly enforced. Poverty among pensioners is set to fall in the future with the …
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Reducing poverty and social exclusion is an important objective for all French governments. Even though conventionally … measured poverty is in fact lower than in most other countries, it is still higher than can be easily accepted. The current … resources. Concentrations of poverty and social exclusion in certain geographic areas and among certain groups of the population …
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Poverty and income inequality have worsened since the onset of the crisis. While the design of fiscal measures has …
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