This paper explores the relationship between microcredit and poverty reduction. To investigate this question, we posit … supply constraints to the household's graduation from poverty. These constraints are difficult to overcome in a traditional …

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

This paper examines the combined effect of interest rates and poverty levels of microfinance clients on loan size … poverty level is suggested in targeting and sustaining microfinance clients. …

Over the last 35 years, microfinance has been generally regarded as an effective policy tool in the fight against … poverty. Yet, the question of whether access to credit leads to poverty reduction and improved wellbeing remains open. To … address this question, we conduct a systematic review of the quantitative literature of microfinance's impacts in the …

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 …