Poverty & Public Policy (PPP) publishes quality research on poverty, income distribution, and welfare programs from scholars around the globe. PPP is eclectic, including empirical studies, peer-reviewed theoretical essays on approaches to poverty and social welfare, book reviews, data sets, edited blogs, and incipient data from scholars, aid workers and other hands-on officials in developing nations.

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Financial Technology and Poverty Reduction: The Role of Financial Inclusion in Asian Developing Countries

Sulaiman Abdullah Saif Alnasser Mohammed, 
  •  16 June 2025
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Classifying and Describing Exemplary Data Use in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Agencies

Emily Wiegand, Leah Gjertson, Emma Monahan, Robert Goerge, 
  •  12 June 2025
BOOK REVIEW

Mihai Varga. 2023. Poverty as Subsistence: The World Bank and Pro-Poor Land Reform in Eurasia. Stanford: Stanford University Press

Muh. Ikbal, 
  •  12 June 2025
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Older People's Satisfaction With the Implement Process of Old Age Allowance Program in Bangladesh

Gaylan Peyari Tarannum Dana, 
  •  12 June 2025
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Open access

What Do People Want From a Welfare System? Conjoint Survey Evidence From UK Adults

Daniel Nettle, Joe Chrisp, Elliot A. Johnson, Matthew T. Johnson, 
  •  8 June 2025
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The following is a list of the most cited articles based on citations published in the last three years, according to CrossRef.

Energy Burden and the Need for Integrated Low‐Income Housing and Energy Policy

Diana Hernández, Stephen Bird, 
  •  5-25
  •  10 August 2012

Is Random Forest a Superior Methodology for Predicting Poverty? An Empirical Assessment

Thomas Pave Sohnesen, Niels Stender, 
  •  118-133
  •  9 March 2017

Tourism, Development and Inequality: The Case of Tanzania

Abel Kinyondo, Riccardo Pelizzo, 
  •  64-79
  •  18 March 2015

Women Cabinet Ministers and Female‐Friendly Social Policy

Amy Atchison, Ian Down, 
  •  1-23
  •  10 August 2012
Open access

Addressing Food Insecurity in Sub‐Saharan Africa: The Role of Cash Transfers

Francesco Burchi, Margherita Scarlato, Giorgio d'Agostino, 
  •  564-589
  •  11 December 2018
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