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This paper reviews Azerbaijan’s State Program on Poverty Reduction and Economic Development 2003–2005 (SPPRED). The … Poverty Reduction Program in Azerbaijan has attracted an extensive and high degree of interest, matching its complexity and … scope. The main objective of the SPPRED is to define and measure poverty in Azerbaijan using a variety of indicators …
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The report provides the details of the assessment on Mongolia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. It describes the … Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EGPRS), which presents main policy directions of the government with a focus on … economic growth acceleration and poverty reduction efforts. It describes the transition period of Mongolia, demographic trends …
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In designing policy measures, including possible social safety nets, targeted to the poor, it is important to fully understand the efficiency implications of these measures. There is abundant macroeconomic literature on their negative effects on the poor’s work effort. The literature, however,...
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This study examines the determinants of entry into by foreign firms, using information on 515 Chinese industries at the provincial level during 1998-2001. The analysis, rooted in the new economic geography, focuses on market and supplier access within and outside the province of entry, as well...
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This pamphlet focuses on the IMF's role in social policy advice. First,the evolution of the IMF's involvement in social issues is traced,and the lessons that can be drawn from this experience, includingpolicy implications, are outlined. This is followed by an elaboration of the social dimensions...
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The paper surveys the major economic, financial, and administrative issues that confront social security systems in Latin America. The larger systems have contributed substantially to public sector financial disequilibria. Expenditures of the younger systems with more limited coverage could...
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The Global Monitoring Report 2014/2015: Ending Poverty and Sharing Prosperity was written jointly by the World Bank … Development. This year's report details, for the first time, progress toward the WBG's twin goals of ending extreme poverty by …
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