-rich African countries: Tanzania and Mali.We utilize a rich data set collected from various sources and apply a differences … level by using the appropriate poverty mapping techniques and apply Abadie et al. (2010)'s Synthetic Control Group method to … conclusions for the two case countries. In the case of Tanzania, we show that households in the immediate mining catchment area …

-distribution method. Poverty and inequality decline overall, since households with children and low income gain, while those who used to …

revenue, which is spent for public goods (including education) and transfers (for poverty reduction). The efficient design of … poverty in an appropriate time period by transfers and vocational education measures for the grown-up as well as high quality …

revenue, which is spent for public goods (including education) and transfers (for poverty reduction). The efficient design of … poverty in an appropriate time period by transfers and vocational education measures for the grown-up as well as high quality … competition. -- Poverty ; human capital ; life-cycle analysis ; lifetime income ; education ; taxation ; transfers …

In view of rising wage inequality and increasing poverty, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become … ineffective in reducing poverty, even if it led to a substantial increase in hourly wages at the bottom of the wage distribution …

This paper provides an assessment of the poverty and social impact of replacing Ethiopia`s sales tax with a value … funds for poverty-reducing spending, including primary education. At the same time, there is significant scope for making …