decision-making of non-beneficiaries in an extreme poverty context, leading to labor supply contraction and the so … leisure, enjoyed by the population in an extreme poverty scenario. Assuming the existence of vulnerable individuals and …

least three different perspectives. A macroeconomic approach that relies on cross-country data on poverty, inequality, and … microeconomic approach, in particular, builds on the observation that growth, changes in poverty, and changes in inequality are …

impact in developing countries. This paper uses a micro-simulation approach to assess the poverty and distributional effects … of the crisis in the Philippines. The authors find increases in both the level and the depth of aggregate poverty. Income …

Measuring the poverty and distributional impact of the global crisis for developing countries is not easy, given the … addressing questions like who are being affected by the crisis and by how much, and who are vulnerable to falling into poverty if … literature, to measure the poverty and distributional impact of macroeconomic shocks by linking macro projections with pre …

inequality. First, subsidies exert a positive, yet modest effect on poverty and inequality, whereas direct transfers are … policy in Chile in 2013. Four results are indicative of an overall positive net effect of fiscal interventions on poverty and … progressive, equalizing, and reduce the poverty headcount by 4 to 5 percentage points, depending on the poverty line used. Second …

The adoption of the shared prosperity goal by the World Bank in 2013 and Sustainable Development Goal 10, on inequality …

households would help fiscal policy achieve poverty reduction and even greater inequality reduction. If subsidies on fuel …'s 2015 fiscal policy reduces inequality; the largest reduction is created by in-kind public service expenditures on education …. However, fiscal policy also increases poverty in three ways: (1) there is a relatively low level of targeted, direct …

sheds light on the relationship between poverty and agriculture as part of the process of structural transformation. It … regional level where the Common Agricultural Program funding tends to go, poverty-wise, within each country. This approach …

Rapid economic growth over the past two decades lifted millions of people out of poverty in Central Asia. But the … districts. Islands of poverty and prosperity are thus lost in the averages -- leading to targeting inaccuracies that can slow … the pace of poverty reduction. This study partially addresses the challenge. The accuracy of key welfare indicators is …