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UNU-WIDER Some Simple Analytics of Poverty Redress through Direct Income Transfers and Wage Employment Programmes: A Review and Commentary

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Some Simple Analytics of Poverty Redress through Direct Income Transfers and Wage Employment Programmes: A Review and Commentary

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This paper is a review and commentary, from both ethical and informational perspectives, of some known results in optimal anti-poverty budgetary rules for two kinds of intervention, direct income transfers and wage employment programmes.
Publisher:
UNU-WIDER
Series:
WIDER Research Paper
Volume:
2004/11
Title:
Some Simple Analytics of Poverty Redress through Direct Income Transfers and Wage Employment Programmes: A Review and Commentary
Authors:
S. Subramanian
Publication date:
2004
ISSN Web:
1810-2611
ISBN Web:
9291905909
ISBN 13 Web:
9789291905904
Copyright holder:
© UNU-WIDER
Copyright year:
2004
Keywords:
poverty, income distribution, employment
JEL:
I32, I38, D63
Sponsor:
UNU-WIDER acknowledges the financial contributions to the research programme by the governments of Denmark (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Finland (Ministry for Foreign Affairs), Norway (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Sweden (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency-Sida) and the United Kingdom (Department for International Development).
Format:
online
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