This paper considers the distribution of HIV testing in Botswana in 2002 and 2004. Botswana is a country with a high …

Fiscal policy measures are a key means by which governments can influence distribution and poverty, but in fact the … relationships between fiscal policy and poverty are not well understood. The most commonly used technique for assessing the … to more effective monitoring of the poverty impact of fiscal policy. [Discussion Paper No. 2002/43]. …

Most studies on poverty alleviation and reduction programmes emphasize structural bottlenecks, asymmetric information …

analyze the effects of a higher minimum wage in terms of poverty rather than in terms of unemployment. Second, we extend the … in which a higher minimum wage raises poverty, others where it reduces poverty, and yet others in which poverty is … unchanged. We characterize precisely how the poverty effect depends on four parameters: the degree of poverty aversion, the …

problems with the 'pro-poor programme’, an effort to reduce poverty through the resources generated from community forestry …

Ironically the poverty situation, as reflected in the official statistics, depicts a rather contrary scenario with … dryland regions having lower incidence of poverty despite their adverse agro-climatic conditions vis-à-vis the forest based … regions. Understanding these dynamics is very important for formulating a long-term strategy for the amelioration of poverty …

Good empirical analysis of the intergenerational transmission (IGT) of poverty is challenging. This note clarifies this … the IGT of poverty. But it is also important to be alert to opportunities for improving data and for encouraging … collection of new and better data. [This paper was commissioned by the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) www.chronicpoverty.org ] …