Social protection and poverty reduction: Global patterns and some targets

World Development

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 167-177

  Fiszbein, Ariel ^a   Kanbur, Ravi ^b   Yemtsov, Ruslan ^c  

^a Inter American Dialogue ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Budgetary adequacy; Millennium development goals; Poverty reduction; Social protection; Targeting efficiency

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DEVELOPING WORLD; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; PLANNING THEORY; POLICY APPROACH; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIAL SECURITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TARGETING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84901324599     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.04.010     Document Type: Article

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