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During the post-1990 period, services sector inmost of the Asian economies witnessed growth fuelled by substantial changes in the financial sector of these economies. The insurance industry, in most of the Asian economies, ASEAN and SAARC economies in particular, was publicly owned and remained...
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Over the past sixty years, the concept of development has expanded from economic growth and investment, to poverty … infrastructure to growth; the significance of growth, infrastructure and human development to poverty reduction; the contribution of … growth and human development to sustainable development; the effect of nonfarm incomes to growth, poverty reduction, and …
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We express a doubt on the conventional wisdom namely, of a positive relationship between wage and productivity, of a formal sector firm in a developing economy where the firm can either go for subcontracting to the informal sector to minimize wage cost along with apprehension of extra-legal cost...
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impact on poverty in the recipient economy is a controversial issue. In this study, we examine the impact on poverty in two … Pakistan is used to conduct simulations in order to assess the impact of an increase in foreign capital on poverty both in the … reduce poverty in the presence as well as in the absence of trade liberalisation when labour is homogeneous. However, poverty …
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This report documents the results of a pilot project on a new poverty monitoring system that improves the current … system in three areas. First, it involves the locals in monitoring poverty in their own area. Second, the poverty indicators … decentralization that puts more power at the hands of the district governments in determining poverty alleviation programs, we believe …
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This study aims at examining the impact of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) on human development and poverty reduction in …
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This paper attempts to compare the concepts and metrics related to vulnerability notion as used in the poverty … poverty communities. The analysis shows that while vulnerability concepts in both the disciplines are defendable, broader … poverty communities. First, the climate change community could benefit from exploring a notion analogous to that of poverty …
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, various studies concluded that economic growth was the most critical factor for reduction of incidence of poverty in the state … poised for a take-off to a high growth phase, almost similar to that at the national level. On the poverty dimension, however … National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), the standard source of data for poverty analysis in India by official and non …
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Over the past sixty years, the concept of development has expanded from economic growth and investment, to poverty … infrastructure to growth; the significance of growth, infrastructure and human development to poverty reduction; the contribution of … growth and human development to sustainable development; the effect of nonfarm incomes to growth, poverty reduction, and …
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Poverty reduction is a top priority for international organizations, governments and non-governmental organizations …. The aid resources available for poverty reduction are, however, severely constrained in many countries. Minimizing the … leakage of aid resources to the non-poor is a key to maximize poverty reduction with the limited amount of resources available …
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