This paper presents an analysis of the recent evolution of social assistance in the developing world, looking at its …. The paper underscores the principles of the poverty focus of social assistance and presents an overview of existence … evidence of first- and second-order effects of social assistance, particularly in the domains of poverty, education, health and …

Poverty maps are a useful tool for the targeting of social programs on areas with high concentrations of poverty …. However, a static focus on poverty ignores the temporal dimension of poverty. Thus, current nonpoor households still face … substantial welfare volatility and are at risk of becoming poor in the face of shocks. We combine the methods of poverty mapping …

Social transfer programmes in developing countries are designed to contribute to poverty reduction by increasing the … poverty and neediness or whether other factors also have an influence. To investigate these and other research questions, we …