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 …

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

poverty. The model is linked through cross-section regressions to indicators of malnutrition, infant mortality, life … of Strategy Papers for Human Development (SPAHD), a more encompassing concept than the current "Poverty Reduction …