"An overview of the economic development of and policies intended to combat poverty around the world." …"While there is no denying that the world has made huge progress against absolute poverty over the last 200 years … greater progress against poverty in the developing world in recent times-indeed, a faster pace of progress against extreme …

(such as GDP, cost-benefit analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, inequality and poverty metrics, and the concept of the …

After a synthetic presentation of the state of poverty and inequality in the world and the contradictions incurred by …

This chapter is concerned with issues arising from the construction of ethical measures of inequality and poverty. The … recent literature on measurement of inequality and poverty emphasizes the close connection between social welfare functions … and ethical indices of inequality and poverty. This chapter surveys the main issues in this literature. In particular, we …

social policy better reduces poverty than social policies targeted at the poor. This article revisits Korpi and Palme … average share of household income from welfare transfers), low-income targeting, and universalism - and poverty and … developed and developing countries. Consistent with Korpi and Palme, we show (1) poverty is negatively associated with transfer …