Strategies based on growth and inequality reduction require a long-run horizon, and this paper therefore argues that … those strategies need to be complemented by poverty alleviation programs. With regard to such programs, informality in Latin …

that keep them from reducing poverty and inequality. To perform this assessment, we analyze three dimensions of size … administrative sources. We show that two key factors limit the effect of cash transfer programs on poverty and inequality: the small …: conditional cash transfers, non-contributory pensions, and other transfers. We use an international poverty line of 6.85 dollars …

different types of interventions to cushion its impact. The analysis forecasts that the number of people living in poverty …

Strategies based on growth and inequality reduction require a long-run horizon, and this paper therefore argues that … those strategies need to be complemented by poverty alleviation programs. With regards to such programs, informality in …

-wage earners would make inroads into poverty and inequality while encouraging formal work. This paper accompanies and extends the … that balances goals of reducing poverty, encouraging employment and fiscal sustainability. Using the OECD’s Tax-Benefit and … revenues and increase inequality, by reducing the progressivity of the personal tax system. A proposed reform package that …

Public works programs in developing countries can reduce poverty in the long term and help lowskilled workers cope with …

's largest public employment program, on household consumption and poverty rates in rural India. Combining regionally coded data … opportunities under the scheme have cut poverty during the agricultural lean season by as much as one half while we find no effect …

effect of the DC supplemental earned income tax credit (EITC) and the federal EITC on poverty and income dynamics within … to estimate the likelihood of net-EITC income above poverty and near-poverty thresholds. We also estimate the likelihood … EITC raises the likelihood of net-EITC income above poverty and near poverty by as much as 9 percent, with the largest …

effect of the DC supplemental earned income tax credit (EITC) and the federal EITC on poverty and income dynamics within … to estimate the likelihood of net-EITC income above poverty and near-poverty thresholds. We also estimate the likelihood … EITC raises the likelihood of net-EITC income above poverty and near poverty by as much as 9 percent, with the largest …

on poverty reduction and income redistribution. We also present a static microsimulation to analyse the potential impacts …, intensity, and severity of poverty are, in the best of cases, moderate and, although their progressivity is high, their …