consumption poverty and non-monetary poverty outcomes over this period, showing improvements in almost all indicators over this …-monetary outcomes, remains an important concern. This increase in inequality is one reason why growth has not led to faster poverty …

- better cushions the poverty effects of income shocks in a developing economy. We compare the effectiveness of the three … benefit schemes on poverty first conceptually and then by considering two different crisis scenarios, the COVID-19 pandemic … the proxy-means-tested benefits are the most effective in reducing the poverty gap index, a simple categorical benefit is …

This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account features that have … the differences between standard poverty and inequality measures based on observed income and measures that are calculated …

. Further, the reduction of poverty is typically the expressed goal of such countries, and this feature is also taken into … of private and public goods for the poverty minimization case, and compare the results to those derived under a general … to pay attention to when designing poverty alleviation policies. …

This paper analyses the effectiveness of tax-benefit systems in reducing poverty and inequality across 13 countries in … to poverty and inequality. Additionally, we assess gender disparities in outcomes, quantify the distributional effects of …

-benefit policies stabilized earnings losses. We then evaluate the impact on income-based poverty and inequality and the contribution of … discretionary tax-benefit policies in alleviating the shock. Our analysis shows modest increases in headcount poverty rates and … inequality, and somewhat larger effects on the poverty gap due to lower relative earnings losses of the poor population at the …

social cash transfers. The results indicate that Zambian agricultural policies reduce headcount poverty by 3-5 percentage …, poverty reduction with smaller government net expenditure. The results from these simulations suggest that it is feasible to … highlight that the final impacts on poverty and inequality are heterogeneous across population groups. …