Reducing Poverty: What has Worked, and What Should Come Next

John Richards
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John Richards: Simon Fraser University

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2007, issue 255

Abstract: Anti-poverty initiatives over the last decade have lifted many people out of poverty, mainly through improved employment rates. To make further progress in tackling poverty, targeted interventions are in order that draw on past policy successes.

Keywords: welfare reform; poverty reduction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I32 I38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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