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Liberia; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008

This paper discusses implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) in Liberia. Liberiaâ€™s PRS articulates the governmentâ€™s overall vision and major strategies for moving toward rapid, inclusive, and sustainable growth and development during the period 2008â€“11. This...

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One size fits all? Female Headed Households, Income Risk, and Access to Resources

Seebens, Holger - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

Studies dealing with productivity in female (FHH) and male headed households (MHH) find that FHH appear to be either less, equally, or more productive compared to MHH. Lower productivity of FHH is often explained by insecure access to land, while the findings of higher productivity largely...

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Determinants of poverty among male-headed and female-headed households in Ghana

Twerefou, Daniel Kwabena; Senadza, Bernardin; … - In: Ghanaian journal of economics : GJE ; a journal of the … 2 (2014), pp. 77-96

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Dietary Changes, Calorie Intake and Undernourishment: A Comparative Study of India and Vietnam

Ray, Ranjan - School of Economics and Finance, Tasmanian School of … - 2007

female headed households than it is to the rest of the population. Another important result is that, notwithstanding the …

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Impact of Land Certification on Land Rental Market Participation in Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia

Holden, Stein T.; Deininger, Klaus; Ghebru, Hosaena - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

contributed to increased land rental market participation. Female-headed households became more willing to rent out land and …

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Poverty Begins at Home? Questioning some (Mis)conceptions about Children, Poverty and Privation in Female-Headed Households

Chant, Sylvia - eSocialSciences - 2007

Grounded in a popular stereotype that female-headed households are the â€˜poorest of the poorâ€™, it is often assumed …-headed arrangement. In addition, a conjectured â€˜intergenerational transmission of disadvantageâ€™ in female-headed households is …

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Examining the Relationship Between the Poverty Rate and Economic Conditions in the Southern United States

Hoover, Gary; Wallace, Geoffrey - In: Journal of Income Distribution 16 (2007) 1, pp. 133-144

This article documents the historical trend of higher poverty rates in the South compared to the rest of the country. It examines any differences that might exist in how the poverty population in the country as a whole and the poverty population in the South respond to different economic and...

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Lasting welfare effects of widowhood in Mali

Van de Walle, Dominique - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 51 (2013), pp. 1-19

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Poverty and Headship in Post-apartheid South Africa, 1997–2006

Rogan, Michael - In: Social Indicators Research 113 (2013) 1, pp. 491-511

, there is evidence to suggest that female-headed households have a far higher risk of poverty and that the poverty … main reasons that female-headed households are more vulnerable to poverty in post-apartheid South Africa and why poverty … has decreased by more in male-headed households (relative to female-headed households). The study examines the key …

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Lasting Welfare Effects of Widowhood in Mali

van de Walle, Dominique - In: World Development 51 (2013) C, pp. 1-19

Widows and their children are largely hidden from view in the data used to inform social policy discussions in Africa. Data for Mali reveal that households headed by widows have significantly lower living standards than other households in rural and urban areas. Furthermore, the welfare...

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