Measuring and Responding to Income Poverty

This paper discusses and describes measures of poverty and, on the basis of that discussion, proposes a public policy response that more closely and more easily targets income support to where it is most needed and most effective. Our review of poverty measures shows there are many holes that preven...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ronald Kneebone, Margarita Wilkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Calgary 2019-02-01
Series:The School of Public Policy Publications
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/sppp/article/view/58433