inefficiency in the use of income at all income levels, even for those in income poverty. It is shown that inefficiency is …

Inequality in Mexico rose between 1989 and 1994 and declined between 1994 and 2010. We examine the role of market …

world: Mexico's Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera (POP) programme. Using population censuses, and POP's administrative records …

During the 2000s Mexico grew less than the average for Latin America. Labour market indicators exhibited mixed changes … international crisis of 2008, but Mexico surpassed its pre-crisis output levels by 2012. Most labour market indicators were affected … negatively by the crisis, and labour earnings and poverty indicators had not recovered their pre-crisis levels by 2012. …

redistributive impact of Mexico's fiscal system over this period. It presents standard and marginal benefit incidence analysis for …

Income inequality in Mexico increased between 1989 and 1994; between 1994 and 2006, inequality declined; and, between …

The study presents recent global evidence on the transformation of economic growth to poverty reduction in developing …-specific data are analysed for the US$1.25 and US$2.50 level poverty headcount ratios using the most recent World Bank data. The … study finds that on average income growth has been the major driving force behind both the declines and increases in poverty …

insurance in the 1990s and the growth of social assistance in the 2000s, and assesses their effects on poverty and inequality …

Measuring poverty remains a complex and contentious issue. This is particularly true in sub-Saharan Africa where … poverty rates are higher, information bases typically weaker, and the underlying determinants of welfare relatively volatile … poverty with focus on the period 2002/03 to 2008/09. The paper contributes in four areas. First, the period in question was …