poverty and inequality. We find that the epidemic lowers average income and increases poverty, and that the jump in poverty is … larger than expected from the fall in average income. This disproportionate increase in poverty reflects the large share of … the population living on the threshold of poverty and the higher HIV prevalence rates in those segments of the population …

important role in addressing poverty and vulnerability; however, the process by which the safety nets have been developed in … effectiveness are both necessary and possible. Poverty and extreme poverty in Swaziland are both overwhelmingly rural phenomena. The … incidence of poverty is 73 percent in rural areas but only 31 percent in urban areas. Eighty-eight percent of the poor and 95 …

confirm fundamental inequalities in access to incomes and assets, and the existence of significant poverty and deprivation … institutions to increase the poverty impact of policies. The achievement of all these will require fundamental change across …