. Further, there is now a consensus on adopting more ambitious goals on poverty reduction. Defining social protection as a … collection of programs that address risk, vulnerability, inequality and poverty through a system of transfers in cash or in kind …: Indicators of Resilience and Equity (ASPIRE) data set. Focusing on the goal of ending poverty, the paper estimates that social …

workfare scheme in which the government acts as the employer of last resort. Is this a cost-effective policy against poverty … sufficient for a typical poor family to reach the poverty line would bring the annual poverty rate down from 34 percent to 25 … (three months) would bring the annual poverty rate down to 31 percent at a cost of 1.3 percent of GDP. While the gains from a …

poverty reduction. The authors use a sample of 104 short-run growth spells in developing countries, between 1980 and 2001 … of growth does not matter for poverty reduction any more than the aggregate productivity intensity of growth, the … is associated with decreases in poverty, while employment-intensive growth in agriculture is correlated with poverty …

short and medium-term poverty and welfare effects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Triple difference …

This paper sheds light on the impact of improving employment and education conditions on poverty and social exclusion … and education lead countries to achieve the Europe 2020 poverty and social exclusion target with no other policy … different settings and uses widely available household survey data. The simulation model analyzes poverty and social exclusion …

reducing poverty and stimulating growth. Going beyond the large literature documenting the impact of female education on a … credit) and women's decision-making power within households on poverty reduction and productivity at the individual and … household level. The paper also summarizes evidence from studies examining the relationship between gender equality and poverty …

-financed targeted transfers more effectively reduce headcount poverty and inequality with macroeconomic repercussions similar to those …

achieve the poverty Millennium Development Goal ahead of schedule, but other goals are likely to remain elusive before 2015 …-even more rapid growth and poverty reduction are possible, but important targets in the areas of education, health, and …

absolute terms, but the individual financing gaps are widest for poverty reduction and improving maternal health. On the policy …