- 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 …

significantly reduce poverty and inequality in settings in which no means-tested old-age pensions exist (such as Ghana and Tanzania …

the effects of four UBI schemes on poverty and inequality measures during normal times and times of crisis in Uganda and … benefit leads to higher poverty and inequality compared to existing benefits. By contrast, in Uganda, a country with only one … notable social protection programme, all UBI scenarios reduce poverty and inequality. Differences between welfare estimates …

was labour earnings for some employment categories. With the onset of the crisis of 2008, the poverty rate stopped falling …

2012 at a better level than at the beginning of the decade, with the exceptions of labour earnings and some poverty …

the share of paid employees, and a rise in some poverty indicators; all these effects were reversed by the end of the …

-crisis levels. Most poverty and inequality indicators fell over the period. …