tax schemes that alleviate poverty. To avoid conflict with individual well-being, we require redistribution to take place … between agents on both sides of the poverty line provided they have the same labor time. This requirement is combined with … yields the following evaluation criterion: tax schemes should minimize the labor time required to reach the poverty line. We …

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. …

This paper evaluates the global welfare consequences of increases in mortality and poverty generated by the Covid-19 … years spent in poverty (PY) are conservatively estimated using growth estimates for 2020 and two dierent scenarios for its … 2020, the pandemic (and the observed private and policy responses) has generated at least 68 million additional poverty …

accounts of scheduled commercial banks and the changes in below poverty line population. The result suggests that the growth in … bank accounts is not significantly associated with the reduction in below poverty line population across states. Providing … banking services to maximum number of people is unsuccessful as a poverty reduction strategy. As a poverty reduction strategy …

, accompanied by accelerating poverty decline. Underlying these trends is a process of mobility, with 40–60 percent of the … poverty remain vulnerable. Most of those who are poor were also poor in the preceding period and, thus, are likely to be …