poverty reduction in Kosovo and, importantly, the only program in which household income and assets are used to identify … beneficiaries. In the absence of SAS, the overall poverty gap would have been 1.8 percentage points higher in 2016, and the poverty … Kosovo seeks to reform the SAS to eliminate discrimination in program design, promote inclusion and reduce poverty. This …

are reaching the poor and can reduce poverty, and consequently to identify ways to improve the current design features and …

programs in Brazil is to provide support to people living in poverty and other vulnerable groups. These programs primarily …

assesses the extent to which the system is aligned with and equipped to address the so-called "triple challenge" of poverty …

vulnerable segments of the population. Social protection (SP) programs, which have been proven to contribute to poverty reduction …

important role in addressing poverty and vulnerability; however, the process by which the safety nets have been developed in … effectiveness are both necessary and possible. Poverty and extreme poverty in Swaziland are both overwhelmingly rural phenomena. The … incidence of poverty is 73 percent in rural areas but only 31 percent in urban areas. Eighty-eight percent of the poor and 95 …

This report profiles poverty and assesses the performance of the social assistance (SA) system in the Turkish Cypriot … determinants of poverty in the TCc and on the effectiveness of the community's social assistance programs, with the ultimate … objective of putting forward recommendations on how to improve policy alleviating measures. The poverty profile developed in …

-income status and poverty reduction ambitions …

distribution system, and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The latter two are among the largest anti-poverty …

A period of economic growth over the past decade led to a reduction in poverty and improvements in labor market … to the role that social protection plays in reducing poverty and promoting human capital. This note presents a …