geographic placement of supermarket supply chains in Nicaragua between 2000 and 2008 and uses a difference …

This paper discusses why Nicaragua is today one of the poorest countries in the region of Latin America and the … Caribbean. Lack of sustained economic growth is viewed as the main cause of poverty in the country. The effects of political …

chapter assesses this factor in terms of household income distribution, the setting of poverty limits, the measurement of … income disparity and the causes and effects of poverty. The situation is monitored in five selected EU countries: the Czech …

income poverty and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) at the country level, and to compare LAC estimates to …

poverty, linking income transfers with simultaneous interventions in health, education and nutrition. Second, the programme …

This paper discusses the Conditional Cash transfer Program, the main public policy against poverty in Latin America … today. The poverty level, and both the institutional characteristics and the results achieve by the programs are highlighted …. The paper conclude that CCT are helping to reduce the poverty level, but at the same time the results are not the same in …

This paper provides evidence on the incidence of poverty among the elderly in Latin America and the Caribbean, based on … reduction of old-age poverty. …

discusses the contribution of the labour market and of the social protection system as effective mechanisms to overcome poverty …