n fact, the literature studying the impact of the minimum wage on poverty or on income and consumption inequality is much scarcer than the literature studying its impact on employment, and it mostly focuses on developed economies. Interestingly, most studies find that disemployment effects tend to concentrate among the low-skilled, thereby casting doubt on the effectiveness of using minimum- wage policy as a lever to reduce poverty. Additionally, minimum-wage workers are often not the most disadvantaged in developing countries; on the contrary, formal minimum-wage workers are protected by labor policy, while workers in the informal sector often earn below the minimum wage. Therefore, it is in principle unclear whether the minimum wage constitutes the right tool for reducing inequality and, ultimately, for alleviating poverty.