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Household Income As a Determinant of Child Labor and School Enrollment in Brazil; Evidence From a Social Security Reform
Filho, Irineu E. Carvalho - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper studies the effects of household income on labor participation and school enrollment of children aged 10 to 14 in Brazil using a social security reform as a source of exogenous variation in household income. Estimates imply that the gap between actual and full school enrollment was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605307
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Niger; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
The Government of the Republic of Niger has implemented the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS), which describes the country's macroeconomic, structural, and social policies in support of growth and poverty reduction. This strategy is based on the conviction that poverty can be reduced through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243650
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Senegal; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This paper focuses on Senegal’s second poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP–II). It summarizes the results of the participatory PRSP review process prior to final validation and adoption by the government. As an economic and social policy document for growth and poverty reduction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242593
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Islamic Republic of Mauritania; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This paper discusses implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) in Mauritania. The second phase of the PRSP is accompanied by a Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) for 2006–10. MTEF determines the overall cost of the action plan in terms of both current and capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244127
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The Distributional Bias of Public Education; Causes and Consequences
Gradstein, Mark; Dabla-Norris, Era - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
While public education is often intended to be progressive in its effects on income distribution, in reality its … in appropriating a larger share of public education spending thereby preventing inequality reduction. The empirical part … provides tentative support for this view, showing that the progressiveness of public education spending is related to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826262
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Kingdom of Lesotho; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, Prioritization, and Cost Matrix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
education and health services. Lesotho plans to deal boldly with its trading and investment partners by exploiting the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244168
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Maldives; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
The Seventh National Development Plan of the Maldives envisages sustainable development with economic growth, social equity, environment protection, and good governance. The report assesses the policies and strategies needed to achieve the goals as well as the agencies responsible to implement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245176
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Ghana; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
Ghana’s current socio-economic development agenda is to attain middle-income status. The emphasis is on changing the structure of the economy by developing the private sector, diversifying the export base, and increasing agricultural productivity and rural incomes. The importance is on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245402
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United Republic of Tanzania; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Annual Implementation Report 2006/07
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
The MKUKUTA Annual Implementation Report (MAIR) is one of the outputs of the Tanzanian government’s monitoring system. The objective of this report is to contribute to all government reporting systems, which include output reporting by Ministries, Departments and Agencies, Local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245443
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Islamic Republic of Mauritania; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
Mauritania’s poverty reduction strategy paper is based on a broadly participatory process and serves as the policy framework for the country’s economic and social policies. The focus is to accelerate economic growth and stabilize the macroeconomic framework, which benefits the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245471