regarding old age, disability, unemployment, sickness, birth of a child, etc. Includes the poverty rates and dependency ratios …

poverty. In short run, the oil-biofuels nexus was clearly the driving force behind the surge in food prices, but export … sharply in many countries, and that global poverty levels have increased markedly. The good news is that the supply response … clear that additional people will fall into poverty and become food insecure. Lastly, the global food system is …

reduce poverty. In short run, the oil-biofuels nexus was clearly the driving force behind the surge in food prices, but … prices rose sharply in many countries and that global poverty levels have increased markedly. The good news is that the … out, but it is clear that additional people will fall into poverty and become food insecure. In the long run, there are …

The objective of this paper is to present some early experiences of poverty and social impact analysis (PSIA) from the … step toward PSIA by making more explicit the links between poverty and policies. Various examples highlight that even … potential poverty effects even in countries with limited data, and therefore contribute to a more informed policy debate and …

. The monotonicity axiom sets out a condition that the proportional reduction in poverty is a monotonically increasing … a ‘poverty equivalent social expenditure rate’, which takes into account both the magnitude of social expenditures … interrelationship between social expenditures, inequality, and poverty. It is argued that the satisfaction of a monotonicity axiom is a …

Europe and the former Soviet Union considerable scope to devote increased resources to tackling poverty. We review the extent … and nature of poverty across the transition countries, emphasising the phenomenon of the working-age poor. We consider … unemployment benefit schemes in the CIS would aid labour market reform and hence help solve the problem there of in-work poverty …