Formation/Cours

At the end of the course, the student should be able :
Define poverty reduction strategies;
realise these address multiple aims;
Define different types of poverty reduction strategies.

1. Introduction
1.1 Why alleviate poverty?
1.2 The economics of state intervention;
1.3 The economics of insurance, moral hazard and adverse selection;
1.4 A brief history of poverty alleviation: from poor laws to international cooperation.

2. UN-related poverty reduction strategies
2.1 Millennium Development Goals;
2.2 Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers;
2.3 Case studies.

3. Poverty reduction in developed countries: the case of EU
3.1 Poverty across the EU: measuring and defining;
3.2 The pros and cons of minimum guaranteed income;
3.3 Child-related and family policies;
3.4 Poverty prevention through social insurance;
3.5 Case studies in EU countries.