Government's Attempt to Reduce Child Poverty?, by David Piachaud and Holly Sutherland, which can be downloaded at http …

Despite prolonged economic growth, poverty has become a more notable and noted feature of Chinese society. The paper … social policies are described and the effects on poverty and inequality are examined. The limitations of a social policy that … livelihood approach is analysed and its potential to reduce poverty and inequality are considered …

The new Labour Government in Britain has made the reduction of child poverty one of its central objectives. This paper … setting out the extent of the problem of child poverty, the causes are discussed and Britain's problem is set in international … perspective. The impact on child poverty of policies designed to raise incomes directly is analysed using micro …

-social stress. Over half the population is now living in poverty. Real wages have fallen, joblessness has increased, school … alleviating poverty and encouraging regeneration that increase employment opportunities, improve the social safety net, and …

that foster deep and persistent poverty, such as lack of connectivity to markets, have provided a degree of protection for …

question by using new data on such variables as the skill composition of migrants, poverty, and interest and exchange rates to … countries which export a larger proportion of low-skilled migrants. It also finds that the level of poverty in a labor …

(from Ghana) and international remittances (from African and other countries) on poverty and inequality in Ghana. To control … internal and international remittances reduce the level, depth, and severity of poverty in Ghana. However, the size of the … poverty reduction depends on the type of remittances received. In general, poverty in Ghana is reduced more by international …