social policy better reduces poverty than social policies targeted at the poor. This article revisits Korpi and Palme … average share of household income from welfare transfers), low-income targeting, and universalism - and poverty and … developed and developing countries. Consistent with Korpi and Palme, we show (1) poverty is negatively associated with transfer …

Bourguignon and Fields ("Poverty Measures and Anti-Poverty Policy") and Gangopadhyay and Subramanian ("Optimal … Budgetary Intervention in Poverty Alleviation Schemes") have derived optimal budgetary rules for the redress of poverty through … direct income transfers when poverty is measured by the Foster, Greer and Thorbecke Pá class of indices in the context of a …

Annotation, This study examines, both conceptually and empirically, the welfare mix in the activity field of poverty … connected. Based on this conceptual framework, the second part of the study assesses the welfare mix in poverty relief and …, namely public agencies and nonprofits, provide poverty alleviation. Thus, only the roles and contributions of these two types …