options for poverty alleviation in a given country. When a population can be divided into subgroups according to an easily … identifiable characteristic, the problem of alleviating poverty through a targeted mechanism can be viewed as one of choosing of … data from Mexico is applied. …

During the 90's, poverty in Mexico followed the economic cycle. It diminished with GDP growth and with the stability … experienced in 1995. From 1996 to the year 2000 the recovery in economic growth matched a sustained reduction in poverty. This … paper analyzes the evolution of poverty during the period 2000-2002. We show that in spite of being years of stagnation …

options for poverty alleviation in a given country. When a population can be divided into subgroups according to an easily … identifiable characteristic, the problem of alleviating poverty through a targeted mechanism can be viewed as one of choosing of … data from Mexico is applied …