Translation of "Dépenses contribuant au recul de la pauvreté " (French → English) :

poverty reducing expenditure | PRE | pro-poor spending

Performance indicators show that there has been a slight improvement since the last NAP (even though households' average expenditure, on the basis of which "relative poverty" is calculated, has on the whole declined in Italy during the year 2002, with the obvious consequence that the poverty line has also shifted downwards) but it is difficult to establish a clear link between these positive trends and the policies pursued during the reference period - with the exception of the effects of fiscal relief aimed at larger households and of the favourable trends in the labour market (the latter are ascribed to the increased flexibility) - sin ...[+++]ce impact indicators are provided only sparingly, especially at regional level.

While reductions in government spending are often pointed as an important factor in declining public support for Medicare, it remains unclear whether or not recent increases in federal CHST transfers through the enactment of Bill C-32 (2000) and Bill C-35 (2000) will be enough to enhance Canadians’ confidence in the publicly funded health care system.

8. Stresses that Ecuador’s economy achieved robust economic growth in the last few years and recognises that economic growth has been inclusive; points out that it has directly reduced poverty, particularly extreme poverty, and inequality levels and increased the middle class; welcomes the fact that, according to the latest World Bank figures, poverty in Ecuador decreased from 37,6 % to 22,5 % between 2006 and 2014, while extreme poverty fell from 16,9 % to 7,7 %;

However, it was found, upon review, that it would be more effective to have this under the international trade area, where there are some 150 trade offices around the world with over 950 representatives who can work with private sector companies in Canada to guide them and also to give resources to allow them to invest in emerging countries to help poverty issues in those countries and also benefit Canadians at the same time.