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The informal sector (IS) in developing countries plays significant roles viz., the provision of employment, incomes and supplying ignored markets. However, the working and employment conditions in the sector are still poor. Thus, its expansion and changing structures have drawn the attention of...
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protection against poverty in old age, as they fail to provide adequate support to vulnerable groups e.g., individuals with … likely to eliminate poverty in old age more effectively than current income financing. …
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. Using the Foster-Greer-Thorbecke measure of poverty among pensioners, we find that allowing for implicit claim costs … incurred by benefit recipients raises the measured degree of poverty by not more than 13%. …
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show that thanks to debt and/or R&D the poverty trap may be avoided. Second, we introduce a distorsion : corruption which …
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This comment on Rebecca Blank's “Poverty, Policy, and Ethics: Can an Economist be Critical and Caring?” celebrates her …
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The Chilean neoliberal approach to welfare has received much attention due to its emphasis on poverty reduction and … poverty by focusing on a social programmme targeted at female heads of households. …
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