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Falling poverty rates, rising employment among poor, reflect social policy success: C. D. Howe Institute.

Publication: C.D. Howe Institute Commentary
Publication Date: 01-OCT-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Toronto, October 18 -- Anti-poverty initiatives over the last decade in Canada have been successful, mainly by increasing employment among the poor, according to a new study released by the C.D. Howe Institute. In Reducing Poverty: What has Worked, and What Should Come Next, author John Richards finds that policies that target employment for the poor, along with improved labor market conditions, have been key to reducing poverty in Canada.

Contrary to the dismal picture that some recent studies have...

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