in rural areas, but it has not reduced poverty that much, not least because of how it is administered. Moreover, the …

income distributions and national accounts GDP, we estimate income distributions, poverty rates, and inequality indices for … African countries for the period 1990-2011. Our findings are as follows. First, African poverty is falling rapidly. Second …, the African countries for which good inequality data exist are set to reach the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) poverty …

paper is to deliver a fresh assessment of the evolution of inequality and poverty across OECD countries over the last … explores whether contracting inequalities coexist with increasing poverty. The paper adds to previous studies by introducing …

Notwithstanding impressive progress, poverty and inequality remain high in Chile in OECD comparison, and the tax … be quite narrowly targeted at families living in extreme poverty. Over time, the government should consider increasing … support for the poor to find jobs of decent quality will be key to help them overcome poverty in a sustainable way. Ingreso …

The paper is a survey of literature and statistical sources on poverty and inequality in Russia in the 1990s and the … that was released in 2011. We start with an overview of poverty and income inequality estimates available. Poverty and … inequality trends are then complemented with poverty incidence analysis based on a nationally representative household survey …

newly available household surveys have permitted the estimation of measures of poverty among cotton producers in West and … Central Africa, as well as simulations of the impact that changes in producer prices may have on poverty. …

Poverty is an important policy issue in OECD countries and the recent crisis has made it even more pressing. This paper … highlights poverty rate differences across countries and reviews the various policies to tackle it. The OECD-wide poverty rate … poverty rate than working-age people and poverty is more wide-spread among women than men. Albeit boosting employment is …