development: to what extent does targeting and size of social transfers matter for poverty? Using multilevel logistic regression … explanatory value for cross-country differences in poverty than the degree of targeting of transfer income. The results are …

"An overview of the economic development of and policies intended to combat poverty around the world." …"While there is no denying that the world has made huge progress against absolute poverty over the last 200 years … greater progress against poverty in the developing world in recent times-indeed, a faster pace of progress against extreme …

ication of a poverty line or particular poverty measures . The paper introduces three alternative principles of targeting …

state and local revenue shortfalls resulting from the recent recession, the question of whether crime control can be … more relevant. Controlling Crime considers alternative ways to reduce crime that do not sacrifice public safety. Among the …, drugs, and private crime prevention. Particular attention is paid to the respective roles of both the private sector and …