credit, to prevent a rise in inequality and poverty. This Working Paper relates to the 2013 OECD Economic Survey of Japan …

Notwithstanding impressive progress, poverty and inequality remain high in Chile in OECD comparison, and the tax … be quite narrowly targeted at families living in extreme poverty. Over time, the government should consider increasing … support for the poor to find jobs of decent quality will be key to help them overcome poverty in a sustainable way. Ingreso …

Poverty and income inequality have worsened since the onset of the crisis. While the design of fiscal measures has …

The paper is a survey of literature and statistical sources on poverty and inequality in Russia in the 1990s and the … that was released in 2011. We start with an overview of poverty and income inequality estimates available. Poverty and … inequality trends are then complemented with poverty incidence analysis based on a nationally representative household survey …

Countries differ widely with respect to the level of labour income inequality among individuals of working age. Labour … income inequality is shaped by differences in wage rates, hours worked and inactivity rates. Individual labour income … inequality is the main driver of household market income inequality, with family formation as well as self-employment and capital …

(english) The aim of this paper is to realize an in-depth analysis of the growth and poverty interactions in Syria …-2004 period growth was not equitable at both national and regional levels. When the objective of halving poverty in 2015 is used … other characteristic of the Syrian growth and poverty performance is the widening of the gap between urban and rural areas …

“Accelerated Growth Strategy” (Stratégie de Croissance Accélérée in French or SCA) in the fight against poverty. We start by an … Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). The progress made, however, was not sufficient to significantly reduce the rural …

Using a 2006 household survey in Mali, we compare current poverty rates and inequality levels with counterfactual ones … impute a counterfactual income for households currently receiving remittances. We show that remittances reduce poverty rates …

education, nutrition and health. The high degree of inequality is important for explaining the disappointing results in poverty … a surge after the devaluation, poverty incidence plummeted slightly. Extreme poverty decreased, and growth has been pro … reduction. The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) gives priority to investment in education and health supply. In countries …

Since 2004, the Government of Senegal has adopted an accelerated growth program in the aim of reducing poverty by half … growth strategy is not really in accordance with the Senegalese Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper …