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Economic Development, Inequality and War shows how economic decline, income inequality, pervasive rent seeking by ruling elites, political authoritarianism, military centrality and competition for mineral exports contribute to war and humanitarian emergencies. Economic regress and political...
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Afghanistan has been in protracted conflict for almost four decades, with direct implications on progress towards … poverty incidence and high levels of inequality within Afghanistan, the knowledge of living standards at more disaggregated … poverty maps and presents the resulting collection of poverty maps, the first of its kind for Afghanistan. The structure of …
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Despite record economic growth for more than a decade, poverty has remained stubbornly high in Afghanistan, especially …
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Poverty reduction is one of the three key objectives of the Afghanistan national development strategy. The poverty … smoothed estimates of wellbeing for Afghanistan. Because previously no such existing estimates were available, the provision of … poverty situation in Afghanistan …
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Afghanistan faces a severe problem of poor nutrition and food insecurity. Chronic malnutrition among Afghan children is … one of the highest in the world. This report investigates the status of food insecurity in Afghanistan with a focus on … utilization (such as calorie intake, protein consumption and the quality of diet) in Afghanistan. The findings are based on the …
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A severe slow-down in Afghanistan's economic growth characterized the period between 2012 and 2014, the so called … Transition period leading to the 2014 election and handover of security responsibility to Afghan forces. Afghanistan's economic …
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Poor program can lift households out of poverty in a fragile context: Afghanistan. In 80 villages in Balkh province, 1 …
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This report consolidates written outputs from the Technical Assistance to Support the Elaboration of Mindanao Human Resource Development (HRD) Strategy, which was requested by the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) and undertaken by the World Bank under the auspices of the Australia-World...
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This poverty assessment focuses on the evolution of poverty and other social indicators in Ethiopia between 2010-11 and 2015-2016 (henceforth referred to as 2011 and 2016). Using data from a variety of sources, mainly the twinned household living standards surveys (HCES and WMS), the Ethiopia...
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This Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) analyzes the economic and social context of Gabon and what it can do today to end extreme poverty and enhance shared prosperity. It also identifies priority routes to faster progress. Two critical pathways to sustained inclusive growth and shared...
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