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Poverty Lines in History, Theory, and Current International Practice

Allen, Robert - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2013

This paper compares historical poverty baskets to modern food security and poverty lines. Changes in the historical … with historically based estimates of energy requirements. In addition, it is argued that modern poverty measures could be …

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Migration, Diasporas and Culture: an Empirical Investigation

Collier, Paul; Hoeffler, Anke - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2014

Using global data we examine the dynamics of migration from developing to developed countries. Origin and destination countries are characterized by substantial diffrences in incomes, political rights and cultures. Incentives as well as costs shape the decision to migrate. One powerful...

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Why is so Little Spent on Educating the Poor?

Addison, Tony; Rahman, Aminur - eSocialSciences - 2007

If the poor are to benefit from economic growth, then they need the skills that are in growing demand, and the capacity to raise their productivity as smallholder farmers and micro-entrepreneurs. Yet, the poor seldom receive a satisfactory education. Too little is spent on primary...

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Aid, Public Spending and Human Welfare: Evidence from Quantile Regressions

Gomanee, Karuna; Girma, Sourafel; Morrissey, Oliver - eSocialSciences - 2006

The paper addresses the issues of contribution of aids towards human development and the efficiency of such aids in poorer countries, assessing if there is cross-country evidence for an effective human development by financing public expenditures that increase welfare indicators.

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National Human Development Report 2001

Planning Commission, India - eSocialSciences - 2007

The process of development, in any society, should ideally be viewed and assessed in terms of what it does for an average individual.For any approach or development framework to be meaningful and effective in directing public policies and programmes it has to be anchored in a social context....

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Indian Railway Budget 2009-2010

Banerjee, Mamata - eSocialSciences - 2009

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Corporate Sustainability a Panacea for Growth: Values, Convictions and Acrions

Padmanabhan, G - eSocialSciences - 2014

positive. But at the same time, level of development of the country, poverty etc. also needs to be factored in while …

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Report of the Expert Group on Estimation of Proportion and Number of Poor

Commission, Planning - eSocialSciences - 2014

The Planning Commission constituted, in September 1989, an 'Expert Group' to consider methodological and computational aspects of estimation of proportion and number of poor in India. [Planning Commission].

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Women's Migration, Urban Poverty and Child Health in Rajasthan

Kumar, Maya Unnithan; MCNAY, K; CASTALDO, A - eSocialSciences - 2014

in Rajasthan, a state with one of the highest infant mortality rates in India. Urban poverty is significant in Rajasthan … with a fifth of the urban population living below the poverty line and in slums. Increasing numbers of poor migrants in … search of employment contribute to the rising levels of urban poverty in cities such as Jaipur, where the present study is …

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State Health Insurance and Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures in Andhra Pradesh, India

Fan, Victoria; Karan, Anup; Mahal, Ajay - eSocialSciences - 2012

catastrophic health expenditures in households â€œbelow the poverty line.â€ The program and the districts are evaluated over time …

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