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Rural poverty, a widespread problem for the Paraguayan government over the last decade – as well as for other economies … program, an initiative based on the graduation approach to reduce the incidence of extreme poverty in rural areas. Evaluating … the intervention results is essential to understand the effectiveness of this approach in reducing poverty in the …
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As part of the Colombian government's strategy to support the armed-conflict victims, a Graduation Program called "Transformando Mi Futuro" (Transforming my future) was implemented. Unlike other graduation programs, this one targets the urban population and has no assets transfers. To evaluate...
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We estimate the possible effects on poverty and income distribution of the crisis unleashed by Covid-19 on a group of … may have on a country's poverty levels and inequality. Our vulnerability scenarios are based on the national policies used … different effects on poverty and inequality. We find a significant increase on poverty headcount ranging from 25% to 33% percent …
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To investigate how Covid-19 is shaping the way Europeans think about institutions, we conducted a large online survey experiment during the first wave of the epidemic (June). With a randomised survey ow we varied whether respondents are given Covid-related treatment questions first, before...
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In this study, we look at the association between COVID-19 fatality rate and internal conflict, highlighting the importance of government economic support under the pandemic as a moderating factor. Our main hypothesis implies that increased COVID-19 fatality rates are likely to be positively...
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poverty-reduction intervention implemented by Prosperidad Social, that is based on the graduation programs developed initially … their peers, a poverty dynamic with greater limitations and worse socioeconomic conditions. at the beginning of the …
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Limiting global warming to no more than 2°C requires global large-scale deployment of low-carbon and negative emissions technologies. This requires the development of new eco-innovations and the diffusion of new and existing ones. Existing portfolios of environmental and technology policy...
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Several European countries have decided to phase out coal power generation. Emissions from electricity generation are already regulated by the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), and in some countries like Germany the phaseout of coal will be accompanied with cancellation of emissions allowances....
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