Long-term labour market projections are a popular tool for assessing future skill needs and the possibility of skill …

relevant for further processing, for example poverty calculations, but surveyed explicitly in another (source) survey, not … latently observed in the surveys typically used for poverty calculation. It is explicitly captured in the social survey, which … is not suitable for poverty measurement. This procedure is useful for ex-post enhancement of survey data in general. …

greater share of benefits from economic growth. Household size was a critical determinant of poverty levels. Sector of … need for smaller family size has to be an integral part of policy aimed at poverty reduction in Nigeria. The support of the … poverty in the different parts of the country. One size does not fit all. Deliberate effort of the government in …

Do minimum wage policies reduce poverty in developing countries? It depends. Raising the minimum wage could increase or … decrease poverty, depending on labor market characteristics. Minimum wages target formal sector workers—a minority of workers … in most developing countries—many of whom do not live in poor households. Whether raising minimum wages reduces poverty …

A key way for the world’s poor—nearly half of humanity—to escape poverty is to earn more for their labor. Most of the … enough to escape poverty, they are working hard but working poor. Two key policy planks in the fight against global poverty …

Most developed countries have foreign aid programs that aim to alleviate poverty and foster economic growth in less …

A considerable part of the poverty that is measured in a single period is transitory rather than persistent. In most … into and out of poverty should be the main focus of anti-poverty policies. Understanding the characteristics of the … persistently poor, and the circumstances and mechanisms associated with entry into and exit from poverty, can help to inform …

The poor and the unemployed are politically less interested and active than persons above the poverty line and the …