and 2008. Indeed, Canadians experienced a widening of income and wealth inequalities. There have been poverty reductions … comprehensive overview of trends in a number of indicators of living standards over the 1981-2008 period in Canada. Part one … and wealth of Canadians over time, including trends in poverty. Part three discusses trends in income fluctuations or …

shown that a more developed financial system can help reduce poverty and lower income inequality. In addition to …

market status, economic activities, income, housing, and access to household goods and services. However, when the cabinet … household goods and services) across the three surveys, using the 10% samples from the 1996 and 2001 censuses as well as the … data from the Community Survey 2007. With regard to changes in income welfare, the household income variable was derived …

and household survey data. …

The paper analyses poverty in Brazil from 1992 to 2004, combining the usual measure based on income with other … indicators of well-being and social development, thus better capturing different poverty situations. Using data from an annual … household survey (PNAD), the poor are classified in three categories: type I, when the basic deficiency is low income; type II …

The paper develops a new approach to measuring the impact of government cash transfers on poverty alleviation that … of changes in government cash benefits on poverty rates in Russia during 1994 to 1998. The methodological contribution is … changes in the expenditure distribution excluding cash transfers on movements in poverty rates. At least 30% of the rise in …