-targeting transfers to poor people. This incentive argument does not imply, however, that workfare is more cost-effective against poverty … that for the same budget, workfare has less impact on poverty than either a basic-income scheme (providing the same … transfer to all) or uniform transfers based on the government's below-poverty-line ration cards. For workfare to dominate other …

In Latin America, labor markets have been the main channel through which growth has reduced poverty, with higher labor … income accounting for 49 percent of the reduction in poverty in 2008?13. Understanding labor markets is critical to designing … policies and programs aimed at reducing poverty. With close to 70 percent of the population under age 30 years, labor markets …

This paper quantifies the contributions of different factors to poverty reduction observed in Bangladesh, Peru and …-labor sources in explaining poverty reduction. The authors find that the most important contributor was the growth in labor income … wages as the driving force behind poverty declines. Lower dependency ratios also helped to reduce poverty, particularly in …

This paper studies the impact of migration on poverty, expenditures, and labor market outcomes in Nepal. Between 2001 …-in-difference methods. The findings show that increases in migration to Gulf-Malaysia explain 40 percent of the decline in poverty between …

and social spending programs and quantify their impact on poverty and inequality. The paper also assesses the … income inequality and poverty. Moreover, these reductions are the largest achieved in the emerging market countries that have … so far been included in the Commitment to Equity project. Although fiscal policy is equalizing and poverty-reducing, the …