Using the Cambodia Socioeconomic Survey 2004 and employing micro-static simulation techniques, we measure the potential … impacts of cash transfer programs for children to identify targeted groups that will have the most effect on poverty and … yield significant poverty reduction. With regard to improving school attendance, the same targeted groups generally provide …

assess the impact of recent reforms on the ability of systems to alleviate poverty and maintain living standards, using … most countries poverty alleviation remains strong. However, moves to link benefits to contributions have made some systems … individuals above the 60% relative poverty threshold throughout retirement. Our simulations suggest that the gradual negative …

exceed the accompanying increases in the poverty gap, leaving room to provide minimal income guarantees. …

Although there is no doubt that social security can help poverty reduction, their effect on poverty reduction can vary … investigates the impact of the social security transfers on poverty in Vietnam. It is found that both pensions and social … expenditure than social allowances. Pensions and social allowances reduce poverty of the recipients as well as the whole …

poverty and agriculture in Tamil Nadu. The paper examined present status and trends in rural poverty in Tamil Nadu. It also … between agriculture and poverty, the study argued that agricultural development would ensure food security, health and … nutritional security, income and employment security, and economic and social security and thereby facilitate removal of poverty …

are used to assess the ability of systems to alleviate poverty and maintain living standards, while setting out how …