and Chile experienced significant reductions of multidimensional poverty. In contrast, in urban Uruguay there was a small … the highest contributors to overall multidimensional poverty. -- Multidimensional poverty measurement ; counting approach …This paper presents empirical results of a wide range of multidimensional poverty measures for: Argentina, Brazil …

2012 at a better level than at the beginning of the decade, with the exceptions of labour earnings and some poverty …

- in Uruguay. This fiscal incidence analysis applies a widely recognized methodology to household survey data and … income tax is found to be largely progressive, with the top quintile paying more than four-fifths of this tax. Uruguay …'s fiscal policies also lead to a reduction in poverty, mainly due to well-targeted direct transfers …