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vulnerable to poverty, food insecurity, and threats to their children’s nutrition, health, and education, with irreversible …
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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 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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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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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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specific investments in education, health, and nutrition. The paper first describes PROGRESA/Oportunidades and estimates of the …
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, Hilary Sims Feldstein, and Guadalupe Duron Brief 6. Education / Elizabeth M. King and Harold Alderman Brief 7. Labor Markets …
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The number of higher-education institutions and the students enrolled in them has grown rapidly throughout Africa since … developed and other-developing country norms. Funding for higher-education in Africa kept pace with the expanding institutional … development of the agricultural sciences has matched the general pattern of development of the higher-education sector. Three …
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extreme poverty and hunger 2. Achieve universal primary education 3. Promote gender equality and empower women 4. Reduce child …
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more active measures in key areas such as control over land, water, and other assets, and investment in education, health …
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