This chapter reviews the empirical evidence on the levels and trends in income/consumption
inequality and poverty in developing countries. It includes a discussion of data sources and …

Cash transfers (CTs) are now high on the agenda of most governments in low-and middle-
income countries. Within the field of health promotion, CTs constitute a healthy public policy …

We inhabit a perpetually accelerating and increasingly interconnected world, with new
ideas, fads, and fashions moving at social-media speed. New policy ideas, especially “ideas …

James Ferguson examines the rise of social welfare programs in southern Africa in which
states give cash payments to their low income citizens. These programs, Ferguson argues …

This paper uses comparable income aggregates from 41 national household surveys from
22 countries to explore the patterns of income generation among rural households in Sub …

Cash transfers have become an increasingly important component of social protection
policies in both developed and developing countries. While such programs are often …

Biometric identification and registration systems are being proposed by governments and
businesses across the world. Surprisingly they are under most rapid, and systematic …

Energy subsidies have wide-ranging economic consequences. Although they are aimed at
protecting consumers, subsidies aggravate fiscal imbalances, crowd out priority public …

The last two decades have seen a rapid rise in social protection programs and studies that
assess their impacts on a large number of domains. We construct a new database of studies …

Background Unconditional cash transfers (UCTs; provided without obligation) for reducing
poverty and vulnerabilities (eg orphanhood, old age, or HIV infection) are a social protection …