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government, has become a popular approach aimed at improving the health and educational status of disadvantaged households. Its … implementation is expected to advance the government’s health agenda, particularly in terms of child mortality reduction and maternal … health improvement. Despite the growing evidence on the positive health outcomes resulting from the implementation of CCT …
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While the national average for maternal and child health services utilization shows improvement, the Philippines is yet … to achieve the MDG targets for maternal and child health. This study shows inequality in maternal and child health … maternal and child health services based on these patterns are recommended. -- maternal and child care ; utilization ; access …
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The policies for better health, poverty reduction, and less inequality, throughout the world, require thorough … understanding of both the processes and causal paths that underlie the intricate relationship between health and wealth (income …). This is deemed difficult, contingent, and only partially understood. The adage "health is wealth" is still, primarily, an …
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The policies for better health, poverty reduction, and less inequality, throughout the world, require thorough … understanding of both the processes and causal paths that underlie the intricate relationship between health and wealth (income …). This is deemed difficult, contingent, and only partially understood. The adage 'health is wealth' is still, primarily, an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003875338
Employment contributes to reduce the risk of poverty. Through a randomized controlled trial, we evaluate the impact of a conditional cash transfer program (CCT) to low-income families with dependent children on household members' labor supply. The attendance of labor-market-oriented mentoring...
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Employment helps reduce the risk of poverty. Through a randomized controlled trial, we evaluate the impact of a conditional cash transfer (CCT) program to low-income families with dependent children on household members' labor supply. Recipients are required to attend labor-market-oriented...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012837908
Purpose - We respond to some challenges in the transition to Sustainable Development Goals by examining the correlations between mobile and inclusive development (quality of growth, poverty and inequality) in 93 developing countries for the year 2011.Design/methodology/approach - Mobile money...
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This paper shows that in Tanzania, economic growth contributes to job creation and employmentopportunities, however, it does very little to curb income inequality. Using official data fromvarious local sources compiled by the National Bureau of Statistics, the paper provides anexplanation as to...
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Motivated by a recent World Bank report on achieving of Millennium Development Goals which shows that poverty has been declining in all regions of the world with the exception of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), this study puts some empirical structure to theoretical and qualitative studies on the...
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