on poverty reduction and income redistribution. We also present a static microsimulation to analyse the potential impacts …, intensity, and severity of poverty are, in the best of cases, moderate and, although their progressivity is high, their …

nature and limited impact of Chile Solidario, followed by a discussion of poverty and vulnerability in Chile, and the Ethical … Wage approach. The paper concludes by questioning the capacity of market oriented approaches to reduce poverty without … resorting to substantial spending in social policies. Because poverty is a multifaceted situation, it requires not just one …

This study assesses the redistributive effects of fiscal policy in Mali and Niger. Fiscal policy is poverty increasing … three deciles, respectively). Although existing direct fiscal transfers have poverty-reducing effects, they are too small …