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Finance and poverty . evidence from India

Ayyagari, Meghana; Beck, Thorsten; Hoseini, Mohammad - 2013

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Structural change, marginal land and economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Barbier, Edward - In: Latin American economic review : LAER ; official … 23 (2014), pp. 1-29

Empirical evidence indicates that in Latin America and the Caribbean, households on less favored, or marginal, agricultural land form a "residual" pool of rural labor. Although the modern sector may be the source of dynamic growth through learning-by-doing and knowledge spillovers, patterns of...

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Rural Poverty Reduction and Economic Transformation in China : A Decomposition Approach

Lugo, Maria Ana - 2021

Rural poverty in China fell from 96 percent in 1980 to less than 1 percent of the population in 2019. Using PovcalNet data for China and a set of comparable countries, this paper estimates growth-poverty elasticities. It finds that China stands out for its record of sustained, fast growth,...

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Moving up or moving out? : insights into rural development and poverty reduction in Senegal

Van den Broeck, Goedele; Maertens, Miet - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 99 (2017), pp. 95-109

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Vulnerable places, vulnerable people : trade liberalization, rural poverty and the environment

Cook, Jon (contributor) - 2010

While some argue that trade liberalization has raised incomes and led to environmental protection in developing countries, others claim that it generates neither poverty reduction nor sustainability. The detailed case studies in this book demonstrate that neither interpretation is universally...

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Vulnerable places, vulnerable people : trade liberalization, rural poverty and the environment

Cook, Jon (contributor); Cylke, Owen (contributor); … - 2010

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Federalism and Public Expenditure for Human Development in Nepal : An Emerging Agenda

World Bank Group - 2021

Nepal has made significant progress across many human capital dimensions in the past twenty years, though shocks remain … recommendations which will be critical for Nepal to address the structural issues in human development, which have recently been … highlighted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. Addressing these chronic issues will be essential to put Nepal on a path towards …

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Nepal Development Update : Global Challenges and Domestic Revival

World Bank Group - 2022

Nepal continues to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, but the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive has helped to reduce …

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Nepal Development Update, May 2016 : Remittances at Risk

World Bank - 2016

During 2015, and in the span of six-months, Nepal was hit by two major shocks. The first one was the April 2015 …

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Trade Policy Reforms for the Twenty First Century : The Case of Nepal

Narain, Ashish - 2017

This report examines how Nepal could move away from a remittance-driven growth model by reforming its trade policies to … increase competitiveness. It looks at the extent to which Nepal has been tapping into its trade potentials, the underlying …-export bias of its trade policy, Nepal needs to simplify its tariff code, reduce tariffs on intermediates, and embrace deeper …

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