This paper introduces a new methodology to target direct transfers against poverty. Our method is based on observable … improve anti-poverty targeting performances. Post-transfer poverty can be substantially reduced with the new estimation method …

In this paper, we study the role of price correction in estimating the impact of price subsidies and anti-poverty cash … transfer schemes on poverty in Tunisia. Three types of price corrections are considered: (a) no corrections; (b) living … effects of the price deflation and the demand system estimation on poverty and budget leakage estimates. These effects can …

poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are … stated. The second objective is to take stock of child poverty and changes in child poverty in the majority of OECD countries … formulate a number of suggestions for the setting of credible targets for the elimination of child poverty in the rich countries …

accounts of scheduled commercial banks and the changes in below poverty line population. The result suggests that the growth in … bank accounts is not significantly associated with the reduction in below poverty line population across states. Providing … banking services to maximum number of people is unsuccessful as a poverty reduction strategy. As a poverty reduction strategy …

The United Nations Millennium Declaration commits to halving extreme poverty between 2000 and 2015. The South African … government has set a goal of halving poverty by 2014, although the meaning of this goal has not yet been defined. This article … specifies government's stated target of halving poverty by 2014 in terms of specific measures of the poverty gap and poverty …

This paper looks into the interrelation between economic growth, inequality, and poverty. Using the notion of pro … reduction in poverty is monotonically an increasing function of the pro-poor growth measure. This paper proposes a pro …-poor growth measure that satisfies the monotonicity criterion. This measure is called the ‘poverty equivalent growth rate’, which …

This paper examines trends in income distribution and its linkages to economic growth and poverty reduction in order to … understand the prospects for achieving poverty reduction in Africa. We examine the levels and trends in income distribution in …

allocation. The overall focus of the paper is on the relevance of these issues for poverty-efficient aid, defined as a pattern of … inter-recipient aid allocation which maximises poverty reduction. It identifies a range of povertyreducing criteria on which … poverty, is contingent on a range of factors in addition to the quality of recipient country policy regimes. These factors …

We interpret social transfers broadly as a set of measures to reduce or relieve poverty, and study how well this … the countries for a range of definitions of the poverty threshold. The methods are also applied to two subpopulations of …