, is a factor slowing down poverty reduction. But it can also result in slower poverty reduction for a given average rate … of growth, due to poverty traps, often examined at the microeconomic level. Testing a model of poverty change on a panel … of data for more than 80 countries from 1981 to 2005, we find that income instability results in a lower poverty …

Annotation, This study examines, both conceptually and empirically, the welfare mix in the activity field of poverty … connected. Based on this conceptual framework, the second part of the study assesses the welfare mix in poverty relief and …, namely public agencies and nonprofits, provide poverty alleviation. Thus, only the roles and contributions of these two types …