The problem of poverty, both in theory and practice, gained a new meaning with the beginning of the transformation of … evaluating anti‑poverty programs should be preceded by identifying who is considered poor. Defining poverty is the first and a … key step in measuring its characteristics, e.g., its intensity. Hence, the choice of a specific definition of poverty is …

There has not been much progress on the poverty front in Europe over recent decades, at least if we take it as a …. Some argue that adequate poverty relief is simply too expensive or that it would put too much of a redistributive burden on … floors and thus out-of-work benefit levels are inexorably under pressure, making poverty relief both harder to achieve and …

Minimum Income (MI) schemes are essential to alleviate poverty and guarantee a last-resort safety net to households … with insufficient resources. Assessing the effectiveness of MI schemes in poverty reduction is challenging. Studies based … their degree of coverage and adequacy, their poverty-alleviating effects and their overall cost. Finally, we explore the …