social programs in virtually all countries, poverty and high inequality remain deeply entrenched. In this paper we ask the … – both in increasing growth and in directly reducing poverty. We define social policy broadly to include economy-wide (“macro …” and employment and other structural) policies that affect poverty and social justice in foreseeable ways, as well as …

, poverty and high inequality remain deeply entrenched. Integration into the global economy in the 1990s brought increased … paper the logic of going beyond the standard, poverty-targeted, elements of good social policy to a modern social contract …

aid which underlie the IFF’s premise. The UK deserves plaudits for elevating global poverty on the international agenda …

allow them to achieve sustainable growth; and promote a new way of assisting poor countries focused on home-grown poverty … sustained growth and poverty reduction, originally envisioned. An adequate amount of predictable debt relief can be an extremely …

catastrophic health expenditures in households “below the poverty line.” We exploit variation in program roll-out over time and …

they are above the average poverty line for developing countries, many people in these new “middle classes” may be insecure … and at risk of falling into poverty. This paper outlines indicative data on trends relating to poverty and the nonpoor by … class.” The paper argues that such groups are neither extremely poor nor secure from poverty and that such groups are worthy …

We apply a standard tax-and-benefit-incidence analysis to estimate the impact on inequality and poverty of direct taxes …. The impact of transfers on inequality and poverty reduction could be higher if spending on direct cash transfers that are …

This paper updates the distribution of global poverty data and makes projections up to 2020. The paper asks the … already live in countries where the total cost of ending extreme poverty is not prohibitively high as a percentage of GDP. And … to end at least extreme poverty. This would imply a reframing of global poverty as largely a matter of domestic …

between $4 and $10 (at constant 2005 PPP dollar). They are well above the international poverty line, but still vulnerable to … falling back into poverty and hence not part of the secure middle class. In a first step, we use long-term growth projections …

poverty reduction, this paper shows that by transferring a portion of resource-related government revenues uniformly and … public goods, and thereby reduce poverty and enhance social welfare. We make the case based on theoretical considerations and …