An international conference held last week in Santiago de Chile by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL) took a hard look at how poverty is defined in Latin America ...
Once cash, food and housing benefits are measured accurately the poverty rate falls from 12 to four percent. But, does this mean the War on Poverty has been a success? Not really. In launching the ...
Expanding the state's child tax credit would give low and moderate income families more disposable income and reduce poverty rates.