-benefit policies stabilized earnings losses. We then evaluate the impact on income-based poverty and inequality and the contribution of … discretionary tax-benefit policies in alleviating the shock. Our analysis shows modest increases in headcount poverty rates and … inequality, and somewhat larger effects on the poverty gap due to lower relative earnings losses of the poor population at the …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, all regions in Indonesia have had negative economic growth. It also increased the poverty … rate in the country. The government must allocate pro-growth and poverty reduction programs to maintain economic growth and … simultaneously reduce poverty. This study aims to measure the relative efficiency of pro-growth poverty reduction spending of local …

two alternatives for mitigating them: an unconditional cash transfer scheme for households living in poverty, and the … of poverty. …

International tourism is an important sector in developing countries for its ability to alleviate poverty. Impacts of … COVID-19 are detrimental to all tourism destinations. This paper examines the pandemic effects on poverty of regional … policymakers, as the pandemic retracts achievement of poverty reduction significantly, more than a decade of effort for Bali in …