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warming pollutantsas well as their linkage with poverty. There are some short-term benefits to the global environment from the …
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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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inter-generational transmission of poverty. Given this perspective, the paper addresses the question : to what extent has …
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It is an empirical fact that it is very difficult to balance economic growth, poverty reduction, and environment … targeting of the chronic issue of poverty reduction without causing damage to the natural environment. It is in this context …
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This paper assesses the effect of public and private sector growth on poverty in Indonesia. We use fixed capital … find that growth in both sectors significantly reduces poverty; moreover, they have the same elasticity. Therefore, growth … in both public and private sector spending will reduce poverty twice as fast as just relying on public spending. The …
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inter-generational transmission of poverty. Given this perspective, the paper addresses the question : to what extent has …
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the eight MDGs. The MDGs include eradication of extreme poverty and hunger; universal primary education; gender equality … of progress in achieving the MDGs for the reduction of poverty incidence, the reduction of the infant mortality rate and …, namely : Goal 1 (poverty and hunger), Goal 2 (education), Goal 3 (gender equality), Goal 5 (maternal health), Goal 6 (control …
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This study attempts to quantify the links between infrastructure investment and poverty reduction using a multi … quantifying the effects of some of the key linkages between upgraded infrastructure, economic growth, and poverty reduction. We … gains to the GMS countries as a result of infrastructure development and trade facilitation with national poverty reduced …
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quantirativeiy calculates how much growth contributed to the reducfron of poverty since 1986. We argue that the impressive growth … incolne sources in reducing poverty. Applying Kakwani et.al (2004),s methodology to Thai household data during 1986-2002, it … household survey in 2000, the poverty elasticify is calculated at-1.206, meaning that for every I percent increase in average …
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Green growth entails several different kinds of processes : conversion to low-carbon energy, climate resilience, and response to climate shocks. Equity implies a fair sharing of the costs, within countries and between countries. The authors set out to explore some of the ways that equity has...
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