Utilizing Sago to Reduce Poverty

Linking health to microfinance to reduce poverty.

A health plan to reduce poverty.

Noting that the failures of the U.S. health care system are compounding the problems faced by low-income Americans, Alan Weil argues that any strategy to reduce poverty must provide access to health care for all low-income families. Although nearly all children in families with incomes under 200 percent of poverty are eligible for either Medicaid or the State Children's Health Insurance Program...

Cash Transfers to Reduce Children ’ s Poverty

This briefing note provides an overview of the role of cash transfers in the reduction of children's poverty in low and middle income countries. Drawing on existing literature and programme experiences, the note outlines the following key points: • There has been an increasing emphasis on (targeted) cash transfers as a key instrument to reduce poverty, deprivation and vulnerability of children ...

Does welfare reduce poverty?

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 made fundamental changes in the federal system of public assistance in the United States, and specifically limited the eligibility of immigrant households to receive many types of aid. Many states chose to protect their immigrant populations from the presumed adverse effects of welfare reform by offering state-funded as...

Does Lower Unemployment Reduce Poverty ?

s the link between unemployment and poverty as strong as many people think it is? Possibly not. How strong the link is depends critically on how we measure poverty. And during the past two decades, researchers have identified numerous shortcomings in the government’s official procedures for determining the extent of poverty. In this article, Bob DeFina presents empirical evidence that improved ...