Introduction -- The state of poverty : TANF recipients -- The response to poverty and inequality : the welfare state … preventing teenage pregnancy -- Addressing poverty and inequality …

Poverty reduction is a central feature of the international development agenda and contemporary poverty reduction … strategies increasingly focus on “targeting the poor”, yet poverty and inequality remain intractable foes. The report seeks to … the causes, dynamics and persistence of poverty; examines what works and what has gone wrong in international policy …

-satisfaction. This paper reviews the social progress that Costa Rica has achieved and identifies reducing inequality and poverty as the … by raising their skill levels. This is the most effective way to get people out of poverty. Education is the area where … growth and employment opportunities, thereby providing a way out of poverty. Building on its achievements in this area, Costa …