context of the fight against poverty. In this study, three types of credit were identified. Formal credit was defined to … Blacks, remains important in the fight against poverty. …

demographic perspectives are even worse for the following decades. The poverty also gets larger and much larger in Romania than …

Household Income and Wealth (SHIW), we document that the incidence and intensity of poverty among pensioners in Italy are far … characteristics. Some groups present high poverty risks. Moreover, the pension reforms implemented since 1992 will curb the benefits … such cohorts the poverty risk after retirement has sharply risen. Changes in the social insurance pension schemes can …

This paper analyses the nature and causes of the patterns of inequality and poverty in India. Since the economic … persistent poverty. The macroeconomic policies possibly responsible for these trends include—fiscal tightening, regressive tax …

The main features of poverty are low levels of consumption and income, a fact-of-life in most African countries. This … human development and consequently reduces poverty. As growth in public capital expenditure rises, unemployment falls and …

Using parametric and non-parametric methods this article examines the evolution of poverty and inequality in Chile …-Ravallion decomposition economic growth accounts for over 85 per cent of poverty reduction. The evidence suggests that the sustained level of … high inequality is not necessarily associated with a lower welfare level. By comparing the evolution of poverty and …