Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) programmes are deemed to be effective measures at reducing poverty and income … and social welfare policies, through poverty. Temporal heterogeneity in the implementation of the programme across the … states is used to identify the causal impact of CCT programmes on poverty and criminality. States that reached the level of …

. This paper contributes to the debate using data from the Unemployed-Headed Household Program (UHHP), the largest poverty …

children and from childhood into adulthood? In particular, how far do childhood experiences of poverty, family discruption, and …

The relationship between violence and chronic poverty has been studied mostly in the context of war or long … shattering of infrastructure impacts the chance that poverty may remain chronic. A long-run perspective is gained by analyzing … chronically poor if the percentage of people in food poverty remains above the national average during two consecutive periods …

. Combining income data from poverty maps, administrative records on crime and violence, and public expenditures data at the …