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Migration, poverty, and inequality: Evidence from Burkina Faso

Wouterse, F. S. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

"This paper applies Gini and concentration coefficient decomposition as well as the Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty index and a welfare function to new data from Burkina Faso to test the relationship between long-distance international migration and internal migration within the African continent...

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Urbanization and economic transformation: A CGE analysis for Ethiopia

Dorosh, Paul A.; Thurlow, James - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011

Strong economic growth in urban areas has not led to rapid urbanization in Ethiopia, possibly as a result of prevailing land tenure policies. We examine the economic implications of accelerated urbanization using a ruralâ€“urban economywide model that explicitly captures internal migration...

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Does internal migration improve overall well-being in Ethiopia?:

de Brauw, Alan; Mueller, Valerie; Woldehanna, Tassew - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

In this paper, we use a unique panel dataset of tracked migrants and non-migrants that originate from 18 villages in Ethiopia to examine the welfare impacts of internal migration. Using a number of techniques and various objective and subjective measures, we measure the impacts of migration on...

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Social protection and cash transfers to strengthen familes affected by HIV and AIDS:

Adato, Michelle; Bassett, Lucy - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

vulnerable to poverty, food insecurity, and threats to their children’s nutrition, health, and education, with irreversible …

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Land and schooling: Transferring wealth across generations

Quisumbing, Agnes R. (contributor); … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

among its individual members. They look at how these differences in land holdings and education affect what sons and …

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Public expenditures, growth, and poverty: Lessons from developing countries

Fan, Shenggen (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Public Expenditures, Growth, and Poverty assesses the efficacy of poverty reduction programs in Latin America, Africa, and Asia by synthesizing studies conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute over the past ten years. Overall, the studies find that investments in...

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Financial literacy

Cohen, Monique - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

The global financial crisis has intensified the problems of over-indebtedness, especially for the poor. In this context, the microfinance industry is giving more attention to building their customers’ financial capabilities, designing products that respond to their needs and preferences, and...

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Spatial networks, labor supply, and income dynamics: Evidence from Indonesian villages

Yamauchi, Futoshi; Muto, Megumi; Chowdhury, Shyamal; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

transition to nonagricultural labor markets depend on the distance to economic centers and the household education level. In … particular, postprimary education significantly increases the benefit from local spatial connectivity improvement in remote areas … and promotes labor transition to nonagricultural sectors. Education and local road quality are complementary, mutually …

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Policy-Oriented Research Impact Assessment (PORIA) case study on the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Mexican PROGRESA anti-poverty and human resource i...

Behrman, Jere R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

specific investments in education, health, and nutrition. The paper first describes PROGRESA/Oportunidades and estimates of the …

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Empowering women to achieve food security:

Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001

, Hilary Sims Feldstein, and Guadalupe Duron Brief 6. Education / Elizabeth M. King and Harold Alderman Brief 7. Labor Markets …

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