recent economic research on the welfare state and anti-poverty policy in rich countries, and explore their implications. We … begin with the conceptualisation and measurement of poverty, before sketching out some core features and approaches to the … welfare state and anti-poverty policies. We then focus on the central plank of the modern welfare state's efforts to address …

This paper presents an analysis of the recent evolution of social assistance in the developing world, looking at its …. The paper underscores the principles of the poverty focus of social assistance and presents an overview of existence … evidence of first- and second-order effects of social assistance, particularly in the domains of poverty, education, health and …

matter to poverty and the dimension that matters to redistribution preferences. The undermining paradox emphasizes that the …Korpi and Palme's (1998) classic "The Paradox of Redistribution and Strategies of Equality" claims that universal … social policy better reduces poverty than social policies targeted at the poor. This article revisits Korpi and Palme …