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 …

This paper compares for 13 Latin American countries the poverty and inequality impacts of cash transfer programs that … confined 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 …

pandemic reduced household income, increased the poverty rate, and worsened wage equality. It increased the proportion of below …

alleviate even the most extremes of poverty. In this sense, the pandemic is yet another reminder for how important investments …

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

Minimum wage increases are not a very effective mechanism for reducing poverty. They are not related to decreases in … poverty rates. They can cost some low-income workers their jobs. And most minimum wage earners who gain from a higher minimum … wage do not live in poor (or near-poor) families. A better tool for reducing poverty, and at lower cost, is the earned …