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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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This paper presents a study that focuses on specific adjustment programs for limited periods and is aimed largely at analyzing the short-run implications of the policy measures. The longer run implications are also discussed whenever relevant, since much of the rationale for policies and many of...
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Poverty risk is most marked for children, displaced persons and returnees, unemployed, and people with low education …
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: Favorable growth has helped reduce poverty, but more even and accelerated progress requires strengthening of infrastructure and …
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crucial year to build momentum. The MDGs set clear targets for eradicating poverty and related human deprivations, and for …
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targets for eradicating poverty and other sources of human deprivation. Following other major international meetings came …
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What is the human cost of the global economic crisis? How many people will the crisis prevent from escaping poverty … lower completion rates in later years. And household incomes that fall far below the poverty line will delay escapes from … poverty. This report uses indirect evidence to assess the impact of the crisis on several indicators, including the number of …
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call to action to step up development efforts. The U.K. prime minister spoke of a 'global poverty emergency.' These …
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boosting economic growth and reducing poverty. It is pushing millions back into poverty and putting at risk the v …
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