Relying on the present literature, official statistics, and household survey data in the People's Republic of China …, this paper summarizes research findings on the relationship between urbanization, urban-rural inequality, and poverty, and … provides further empirical evidence on the role of urbanization and government policies in urban poverty. Several conclusions …

We analyse the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on EU households' income and assess the cushioning effect of discretionary …, households' disposable income in the EU would fall by -5.9% due to the COVID-19 crisis without discretionary policy measures, and … by -3.6% with policy intervention, pointing to a significant cushioning effect of these measures in protecting households …