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-oriented analysis. This paper examines empirical strategies to measure poverty and inequality in multiple domains, concentrating on two …
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This paper examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty. First, it … treatment in poverty measurement. Finally, it reviews the axiomatic approach to inequality analysis. The paper provides a …
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no official definition of energy poverty (EP). The purpose of this study is to provide the reader with a set of … indicators to fill this gap. We present a range of poverty measures which estimate that between 5 and 20 per cent of households …
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The paper provides an evaluation of the redistribution effects stemming from the changes to the personal income tax introduced in the last decade. The analysis confirms that between 1989 and 2001 the net average tax rate increased for all taxpayers and, above all, for one-earner couples. The...
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This document surveys Bank lending operations designed to fight poverty and enhance social equity, with emphasis on … recently approved projects with innovative components. It also surveys a broad range of poverty-related non-lending activities … carried out by the Bank over the past two years. It includes a general framework for poverty reduction in Latin America and …
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To capture social conditions in Latin America, the Sociómetro-BID database presents a diverse set of social indicators, both traditional and LAC-specific, including demographics, education, labor market, housing, and income. The indicators are derived from national household survey data,...
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each member country on the basis of national indicators; EU-wide estimates of inequality and poverty play no role. Yet this … methodological requirements of this evaluative exercise, and provides the first estimates of inequality and poverty in the enlarged …
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-American Development Bank's Poverty and Inequality Unit is to provide technical leadership for the Bank and its member governments' work in … the area of poverty reduction, and to contribute to enhancing the quality of the Bank's lending and non-lending activities … so as to increase their poverty reduction impact. The fourth issue of Equidad contains the following articles: The IDB …
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This document surveys Bank lending operations designed to fight poverty and enhance social equity, with emphasis on … recently approved projects with innovative components. It also surveys a broad range of poverty-related non-lending activities … carried out by the Bank over the past two years. It includes a general framework for poverty reduction in Latin America and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653396