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This Poverty report is aimed at improving the understanding of poverty in Ukraine, and providing linkages between … growth, the evolution of economic sectors, and poverty. The main findings can be summed up as follows: An absolute poverty … the population lived in poverty by 2003. While in 1999 Ukraine had a poverty incidence higher than Poland, Russia …
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prosperity by fostering income growth among the bottom 40 percent in every country. The official poverty figures announced by the … achievements were overshadowed by the slow response of poverty to the growing economy. Until 2007, the poverty rate in Tanzania … disconnect between growth and poverty reduction has raised concerns among policy makers and researchers, leading to a consensus …
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This report presents a detailed analysis of household poverty and its drivers - family, labor and human capital … outcomes, social assistance transfers, and geography - based on new expenditure based poverty measures. The report is the … the World Bank to develop new poverty measures and maps that produce poverty estimates at highly disaggregated levels. The …
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This study has two objectives, the first of which is to revise the national poverty lines of Armenia. The Government of … Armenia expressed its desire for revised poverty lines that more accurately reflect the current consumption and expenditure … of this study is to assess the changes in poverty incidence in the aftermath of the global recession. This note updates …
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and poverty, the importance of social transfers for poverty alleviation, and the progress made since 2003 in the health …This report presents a comprehensive analysis of poverty and its main determinants using the most recent 2007 Living … Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) data. It provides an in-depth analysis of rural poverty, the linkages between labor markets …
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transfers for poverty alleviation; and the key issues in the health and education sectors. The report also simulates possible … poverty levels, vulnerability, and higher income inequality, at least in the short term. …Despite Tajikistan's sustained economic growth of the past few years and the country's notable achievements, poverty …
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further reduce poverty? The poverty assessment report aims to answer these questions. This report measures poverty in Yemen in … 2005-06, and evaluates the change in poverty compared to 1998, the two years for which comparable household budget surveys …-year economic plans and captures the effect of the economic reform programs launched since 1995. In addition to measuring poverty …
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further reduce poverty? The poverty assessment report aims to answer these questions. This report measures poverty in Yemen in … 2005-06, and evaluates the change in poverty compared to 1998, the two years for which comparable household budget surveys …-year economic plans and captures the effect of the economic reform programs launched since 1995. In addition to measuring poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553098
further reduce poverty? The poverty assessment report aims to answer these questions. This report measures poverty in Yemen in … 2005-06, and evaluates the change in poverty compared to 1998, the two years for which comparable household budget surveys …-year economic plans and captures the effect of the economic reform programs launched since 1995. In addition to measuring poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553099
further reduce poverty? The poverty assessment report aims to answer these questions. This report measures poverty in Yemen in … 2005-06, and evaluates the change in poverty compared to 1998, the two years for which comparable household budget surveys …-year economic plans and captures the effect of the economic reform programs launched since 1995. In addition to measuring poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553100