This paper quantifies the contributions to poverty reduction observed in Sri Lanka between 2002 and 2012/13. The …, labor, and non-labor incomes in explaining poverty reduction. The findings show that the most important contributor to … poverty reduction was growth in labor income, stemming from an increase in the returns to salaried nonfarm workers and higher …

compared with realized poverty estimates. The micro-simulation model performs well in predicting poverty dynamics during 2009 …The continued poverty impact of the financial crisis in Serbia is difficult to establish beyond 2010 because of the … lack of survey data. This paper tackles this difficulty. It uses a micro-simulation approach that accounts for a key …

better place to weather such a severe crisis. The impact on poverty would be considerably lower, inequality would not change ….5 percent and the proportion of people living below the poverty line doubled in just two years. It took almost 10 years for the … poverty rate to recover to its pre-crisis level. This paper uses a macro-micro simulation technique to simulate the impact of …

combined effect of taxes and social spending helped substantially to reduce poverty and inequality in Poland in 2014, in line … poverty, inequality, and the potential fiscal cost are presented. The simulations show that there are potential efficiency …This paper assesses the impact of fiscal policy on the incidence, depth, and severity of poverty, and examines whether …

partially compensate many losers from the crisis, and reduced extreme poverty …

fishing effort. MPA expansion will lead to a global redistribution of fishing effort, which should be considered in network …

support for cash-based safety nets, which have greater impact on poverty compared with in-kind transfers, but may be perceived …

This paper asks whether there are welfare gains from additional redistribution. First, it derives a sufficient …

checkups, have become a widespread policy tool. They are viewed as a means of immediate poverty alleviation through the cash … payments, and as a foundation of long-term poverty reduction through the emphasis on human capital formation. Because targeted … the optimal size of the cash transfer such that a fixed government budget maximizes the poverty reduction. The paper also …