data set from Tanzania-the Household Budget Surveys-and applies a taxbenefit microsimulation model for Tanzania (TAZMOD) to …

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

A cash transfer programme 'Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty' has been implemented with the aim of addressing … poverty and vulnerability in Ghana. This study looks at the impact of this conditional cash transfer programme on households …

the Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty survey in Ghana, we analyse the factors that influence happiness among the …

providing an analysis of the implications of poverty dynamics for the graduation of beneficiaries of Mexico's Oportunidades …Social protection programmes have emerged as one of the most important anti-poverty policy strategies in developing … countries. Their effects on poverty and well-being have been widely studied. Yet, there is limited knowledge on how a transfer …

This paper analyses the land tenure reform that took place in Mexico in 1992 and its PROCEDE programme (Ejido Rights … reduce the poverty of peasants and indigenous people. Almost 30 years after this reform was enacted, it is necessary to …

This study assesses temporal and spatial distribution of child deprivation and income poverty using the fifth and sixth … deprivation of children aged 7 to 17 years, and the outcomes were compared to the incidence of income poverty. The analyses reveal … areas; and differences in regional rankings of deprivation and income poverty. Distinct policies for child deprivation and …

This paper analyses the evolution of consumption poverty in Rwanda between 2001/1 and 2010/11, using three comparable … good quality household surveys analysed along with detailed price data. Rwanda achieved impressive growth over this period …. The first half of the 2000s was associated with slow poverty reduction and an increase in inequality, while in the second …

effect of the reform on household poverty and inequality. Analysis is based on the Ghana Microsimulation Model which has the … key determinant of better livelihoods and poverty alleviation. However, in most developing countries education is not …