population in concentrated settlements, separated neighbourhoods or ghettos. The majority live in poverty and face social …

Reducing poverty remains an important challenge, and the COVID-19-crisis may further reinforce social vulnerabilities …. Although it has declined lately, relative poverty remains high in international comparison and is distributed unevenly across … particularly affected. A comprehensive approach is required to ensure an effective transition out of poverty and social exclusion …

the Greek crisis on inequality and poverty in 2009-2014 using the micro-simulation model EUROMOD. Specifically, the paper …. Relative poverty seems to have increased in 2012, after remaining broadly unchanged in the previous two years; in 2013 it …). This pattern is more pronounced when poverty is measured against an “anchored” benchmark: the proportion of population …

Notwithstanding impressive progress, poverty and inequality remain high in Chile in OECD comparison, and the tax … be quite narrowly targeted at families living in extreme poverty. Over time, the government should consider increasing … support for the poor to find jobs of decent quality will be key to help them overcome poverty in a sustainable way. Ingreso …

paper is to deliver a fresh assessment of the evolution of inequality and poverty across OECD countries over the last … explores whether contracting inequalities coexist with increasing poverty. The paper adds to previous studies by introducing …

The paper is a survey of literature and statistical sources on poverty and inequality in Russia in the 1990s and the … that was released in 2011. We start with an overview of poverty and income inequality estimates available. Poverty and … inequality trends are then complemented with poverty incidence analysis based on a nationally representative household survey …

suggest that minimum wage increases can significantly reduce in-work poverty, wage inequality and the gender pay gap, while …

-satisfaction. This paper reviews the social progress that Costa Rica has achieved and identifies reducing inequality and poverty as the … by raising their skill levels. This is the most effective way to get people out of poverty. Education is the area where … growth and employment opportunities, thereby providing a way out of poverty. Building on its achievements in this area, Costa …