This paper compares for 13 Latin American countries the poverty and inequality impacts of cash transfer programs that … inequality impact. Overall, the findings suggest that although in the Latin American context poverty targeting tends to deliver … confined to the poor within each population group (that is, "poverty targeted" transfers). The analysis finds that both 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 …

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

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 …

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 …

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