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

living in poverty. Households with a beneficiary increased their level of consumption by 44 percent. The program improved …

This paper uses standard fiscal incidence analysis to study how much income redistribution and poverty reduction are … heterogeneity in the income inequality and poverty-reducing power of LAC fiscal systems. While all LAC fiscal systems reduce income … inequality, fiscal systems in nine LAC countries are poverty-increasing, and this startling characteristic has not improved over …

beneficiary population by studying the Pension 65 program in Peru, which uses a poverty eligibility threshold. We find that the …

forest cover change and alleviate poverty. We examine protected areas in the Peruvian Amazon using high-resolution satellite …