-being, poverty, growth or aid effectiveness. However, there has been little empirical analysis that tests these relationships …

reinforces the effect of the measures. On the other hand, poverty and trust between people weaken the measures, and the latter …

been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack …

African countries. Thus, any policy initiative targeted towards poverty reduction in Africa should consider the agricultural …

between malaria and poverty is presumably bi-directional, malaria plays a role in the economic difficulties of the region … policy is doomed to fail in presence of a very high poverty incidence, as observed in the African region. …

Brazil's recent growth has been intensely pro-poor, and both poverty and inequality have declined significantly in the …

-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 …