pointed out weaknesses, as many middle-income countries (MICs) found that their poverty-targeted SSNs were not flexible enough … to increase coverage or benefits as needed, and low-income countries (LICs) lacked poverty data and systems to target and … systems and institutions to respond better to poverty, risk, and vulnerability. Stronger demand for SSN support in MICs led to …

-based general equilibrium theory of income determination and income inequality. …

To permanently end poverty and hunger by 2030, the world needs a food system that can feed every person, every day …

distribution. Accordingly, poverty in LAC decreased by more than 16 percentage points within a single decade, from 41.6 percent in … 2003 to 25.3 percent in 2012. Furthermore, extreme poverty was cut in half, from 24.5 percent to 12.3 percent (Figure 1 …).1 Overall, a remarkable 70 million people moved out of poverty: the strongest poverty reduction performance of the region in …

The present study focuses on four main objectives. First, it presents an update of poverty, and income distribution … transfer effect of social programs; and, fourth, it looks at some special issues that impact on poverty, namely unemployment … poverty among indigenous communities. …