productive safety net below the vulnerable and keeps them from slipping into a poverty trap. Much of the value of the productive … explores the implications of different mechanisms of targeting social protection transfers. In the presence of poverty traps …, modestly regressive targeting based on critical asset thresholds may have better long-run poverty reduction effects than …

effects on poverty reduction, it is important to first study trends in the allocation of funds, particularly as they relate to …

Microinsurance is widely considered an important tool for sustainable poverty reduction, especially in the face of …

The effective design and implementation of interventions that reduce vulnerability and poverty require a solid … understanding of underlying poverty dynamics and associated behavioral responses. Stochastic and dynamic benefit streams can make it …

regions into states of permanent crisis, even as the rest of the world has enjoyed unprecedented progress against poverty. …