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Attacking Extreme Poverty. Learning from the Experience of the International Movement ATD Fourth World.

Woden, Q. - World Bank Group - 2001

This report consists of a collection of essays on extreme poverty. The first part of the report deals with what it … means to live in extreme poverty, how to reach the very poor, through programs, and interventions, and how to make private … poverty, and human rights. …

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A Poverty Profile of Cambodia.

Prescott, N.; Pradhan, M. - World Bank Group - 1997

This discussion paper constructs a consistent, nationwide poverty profile of Cambodia to support the government …'s effort to strengthen the design of poverty reduction policies. Basic data are given on the level and distribution of living … (SESC) of 1993-94 to estimate poverty measures and make poverty comparisons for Cambodia. …

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The Contribution of Income Components to Income Inequality in South Africa: A Decomposable Gini Analysis.

Leibbrandt, M.V.; Woolard, C.D.; Woolard, I.D. - World Bank Group - 1996

inter-household inequality and poverty. …

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Developing the Nonfarm Sector in Bangladesh. Lessons from Other Asian Countries.

Yusuf, S.; Kumar, P. - World Bank Group - 1996

In this paper we attempt to answer three questions. Using conventional indicators as a guide what are Bangladesh's prospects in sharply accelerating growth? What lessons can be derived from the experience of East Asian countries especially with repect to nonfarm development? Can these lessons be...

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A Manual for Planning and Implementing the Living Standards Measurement Study Survey.

Grosh, M.E.; Munoz, J. - World Bank Group - 1996

This manual explains the planning process, technical procedures, and standards used in Living Standard Measurement Study (LSMS) household surveys, including what these procedures entail, why they are used, and how they can be implemented.

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The Contribution of Income Components to Income Inequality in South Africa. A Decomposable Gini Analysis.

Leibbrandt, M.V.; Woolard, C.D.; Woolard, I.D. - World Bank Group - 1996

much new work has been devoted to deriving and extending decomposable inequality and poverty measures which bridge the … gap between description and analysis by throwing light on the processes undergirding inquality and poverty. For example …

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A Dynamic Analysis of Human Welfare in a Warming Planet

Llavador, Humberto; Roemer, John E.; Silvestre, Joaquim - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2008

Anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have caused atmospheric concentrations with no precedents in the last half a million years, inducing serious uncertainties about future climates and their effects on human welfare. Recent climate science supports the view that the climate...

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Promoting Rural Cooperatives in Developing Countries.

Braverman, A.; Guasch, J.L.; Huppi, M. - World Bank Group - 1991

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EDUCATION AND ITS RELATION TO ECONOMIC GROWTH, POVERTY, AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION - PAST EVIDENCE AND FURTHER ANALYSIS.

TILAK, J.B.G. - World Bank Group - 1989

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