and social pensions — are being implemented in Latin American and Caribbean countries with the aim of ending poverty and … terms of the labour supply, formalization and child labour among the target population. Considering that poverty is a … structural problem of highly unequal societies, the thesis that poverty is due to a lack of effort on the part of the poor is …

Employment is key to combating poverty. Thus, detractors of social assistance programs argue that they create …

that keep them from reducing poverty and inequality. To perform this assessment, we analyze three dimensions of size …: conditional cash transfers, non-contributory pensions, and other transfers. We use an international poverty line of 6.85 dollars … PPP per day (similar to the average national poverty line of upper middle-income countries) and adjust survey weights to …

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 …

Many South Asian countries experienced changes in government and strong economic growth since the early 2000s. Poverty … address structural challenges related to poverty and inequality are hindered by gaps in budgetary and institutional capacity. …

Many South Asian countries experienced changes in government and strong economic growth since the early 2000s. Poverty … address structural challenges related to poverty and inequality are hindered by gaps in budgetary and institutional capacity. …