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This paper analyses labour market liberalisation and government commitment to economic reforms in Zimbabwe. The paper … concludes that economic reforms in Zimbabwe had adverse impact on employment (both quality and quantity) and wages. Furthermore …
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This is an exploratory study that attempts to identify and provide empirical evidence on the possible determinants of the market capitalisation of the Harare Stock Exchange (HSE) with the view of understanding the development prospects of the HSE and other similar markets. The study used...
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This study assesses the impact across states of for-export, mostly foreign-owned manufacturing plants (commonly known as 'maquiladoras') on various measures of standard of living in Mexico, namely literacy rate, school attendance rates, housing characteristics, life expectancy, infant mortality,...
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make a valuable contribution to the analysis of poverty and are consulting them directly. This new participatory approach … has resulted in a broader definition of poverty and better-informed public policies that are more responsive to the needs … change the way national strategies to reduce poverty were developed and implemented. Previous strategies had met with little …
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The aims of this study are to improve understanding of the dynamics of the rural non-farm economy in providing employment and income diversification opportunities in Armenia, Georgia and Romania. The study aims to focus on improving the well-being and livelihoods of the rural population, through...
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motivation of the research is to study the potential of the NFRE to alleviate rural poverty, selection criteria included poverty …
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conservation within a framework of sustainable economic growth and poverty alleviation. …
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The objective of this study is to bring out the case of poverty, undernourishment and health conditions of casual … 48.95 percent of income) on food articles yielding energy. Some 38.4 percent of these households are below poverty line … in the sample households are below poverty line. The mean energy intake of these households is slightly less than 1600 …
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In this paper we report our findings as to the extent of poverty among the casual labourers of Shillong, the capital … city of Meghalaya, India. Two views of poverty have been considered; first at the per capita (per month) income level and …
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U.S. Current Population Survey (CPS), which serves as the basis for official poverty, unemployment, and earnings …
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