This paper compares for 13 Latin American countries the poverty and inequality impacts of cash transfer programs that … to the poor within each population group (that is, poverty targeted transfers). The analysis finds that both the … incidence of poverty and the depth of the poverty gap are important factors affecting the relative effectiveness of categorical …

reduce current poverty while developing the human capital of the next generation, in the attempt to break the … intergenerational transmission of poverty. Pioneered in Brazil and Mexico in the late 1990s, by 2011 CCTs had spread to 18 countries in … data to document (i) the evolution of CCTs and poverty in LAC, (ii) the relationship between expanded coverage and the …

address housing policy issues in China. One of the main concerns in Chinese cities is the raise of poverty mainly by illegal … migrants (who are Chinese rural residents) living in urban villages. We propose two steps to fight against poverty in Chinese … case, to fight against poverty, one can either implement place-targeted policies (like the enterprise zone programs in the …

British or the Southern Greek financing system increases inequality and poverty, as well as labour supply incentives. The …

changes on employment, prices, consumption, and poverty. …

Despite record economic growth in the decade that followed the fall of the Taliban regime, poverty remained stubbornly …