and manage the risks that households face as part of a coherent long-term strategy to reduce poverty and promote social … equity. The articles included in this book were presented at the conference, "Social Protection and Poverty," held at the …

This document surveys Bank lending operations designed to fight poverty and enhance social equity, with emphasis on … recently approved projects with innovative components. It also surveys a broad range of poverty-related non-lending activities … carried out by the Bank over the past two years. It includes a general framework for poverty reduction in Latin America and …

and manage the risks that households face as part of a coherent long-term strategy to reduce poverty and promote social … equity. The articles included in this book were presented at the conference, "Social Protection and Poverty," held at the …

This paper presents evidence on the impact of economic crisis on poverty and inequality in Latin America. Crises not … only result in higher poverty rates but also may cause irreversible damage to the human capital of the poor. In light of … a poverty reduction strategy. As a result, the paper analyses the role of exchange rate policy, capital controls and …

-units) on inequality and poverty statistics using Irish microdata. We find that benchmark equivalence scales result in … substantial variation in the degree of income poverty estimated at the household level, particularly for young children and the … children, Irish income poverty rates in 2019 ranged from 15.0 per cent to 19.5 per cent - most of this variation is …

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 …

, South Africa's government has made significant steps to combat poverty and inequality and encourage economic growth …. Understanding the connection between social investment, poverty, inequality, and economic growth is, therefore, necessary to … indicate that there is no correlation between social investment, poverty, inequality, and economic development. According to …