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Seasonal Migration and Risk Aversion
Bryan, Gharad; Chowdhury, Shyamal; Mobarak, A. Mushfiq - eSocialSciences - 2011
Pre-harvest lean seasons are widespread in the agrarian areas of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Every year, these seasonal famines force millions of people to succumb to poverty and hunger. An incentive of $8.50 is assigned to households in Bangladesh to out-migrate during the lean season, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399611
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Trade Liberalization, Poverty And Inequality: Evidence From Indian Districts
Topalova, Petia - eSocialSciences - 2005
Although it is commonly believed that trade liberalization results in higher GDP, little is known about its effects on … poverty and inequality. This paper uses the sharp trade liberalization in India in 1991, spurred to a large extent by external … factors, to measure the causal impact of trade liberalization on poverty and inequality in districts in India. Variation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699087
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A New Era of World Hunger?- The Global Food Crisis Analyzed
Paul, James A. - eSocialSciences - 2008
This paper is an account of the main streams discussed in an international conference, held in New York in April 2008, organized by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and Global Policy Forum, which considered the right to food and the role of the United Nations in responding to the global food...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699092
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Looking Beyond Averages in the Trade and Poverty Debate
Ravallion, Martin - eSocialSciences - 2010
There has been much debate about how much poor people in developing countries gain from trade openness, as one aspect … structural modelling of the impacts of specific trade reforms. Case studies are presented for China and Morocco. Both the macro …. Additionally the micro lens indicates considerable heterogeneity in the welfare impacts of trade openness, with both gainers and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008752770
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Are Inequality and Trade Liberalization Influences on Growth and Poverty?
Morrissey, Oliver; Mbabazi, Jennifer; Milner, Chris - eSocialSciences - 2010
trade liberalization for a sample of developing countries, and the more limited World Bank Global Poverty Monitoring …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671521