For many African countries, and for developing countries in other regions, the latter half of the 1980s was a turning point in the struggle to alleviate poverty. In response to a marked deterioration in the living standards of the poor, caused by an economic crisis and the austerity measures...

Market transitions and the poor: new coalitions for economic reform? -- From emergency employment to social investment: politics, adjustment, and poverty in Chile -- The politics of protecting the poor during adjustment: Bolivia's emergency social fund -- The politics of reform without a safety...

This article provides a detailed analysis of China's ongoing struggle against poverty. In addition to discussing the recently concluded targeted poverty alleviation program, in which the CPC-led government achieved its goal of ending extreme poverty, the author discusses the anti-poverty...