- better cushions the poverty effects of income shocks in a developing economy. We compare the effectiveness of the three … benefit schemes on poverty first conceptually and then by considering two different crisis scenarios, the COVID-19 pandemic … and a hypothetical agricultural shock, in a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ethiopia. The results suggest that while …

We use Arndt and Simler's utility-consistent approach to calculating poverty lines to analyse poverty in Ethiopia in … 2000, 2005, and 2011. Poverty reduction was steady but uneven, with gains greatest in urban areas in the first half of the … pattern of persistent improvements, though the large declines in poverty are not entirely supported by the magnitudes of …

average share of household income from welfare transfers), low-income targeting, and universalism - and poverty and … social policy better reduces poverty than social policies targeted at the poor. This article revisits Korpi and Palme … equality. Specifically, we investigate the relationships between three dimensions of welfare transfers - transfer share (the …

. The paper underscores the principles of the poverty focus of social assistance and presents an overview of existence … evidence of first- and second-order effects of social assistance, particularly in the domains of poverty, education, health and … labour markets. Moreover, the paper highlights the knowledge gaps with regard to the longer-term and gender-specific welfare …

This study assesses the redistributive effects of fiscal policy in Mali and Niger. Fiscal policy is poverty increasing … three deciles, respectively). Although existing direct fiscal transfers have poverty-reducing effects, they are too small …

optimal anti-poverty budgetary rules for two kinds of intervention, direct income transfers and wage employment programmes. …