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the risk of poverty. This is an alternative to Collier and Dollar’s proposal (2001) which stresses the impact of aid on … worldwide poverty reduction. The big problem with their approach, as regards distributive justice, is that it leaves very great … inequality in poverty risk between inhabitants of countries with widely varying structural disadvantages. We draw on post …
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Since the 1994 devaluation, growth resumed in Mali without any significant decrease of poverty. This may be explained … by the high level of inequality, which has increased in the recent period. The poverty reduction strategy described in …
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distribution and monetary poverty in Madagascar. Modelling options and choices are discussed for the micro-economic module and for … micro-economic module are presented and commented. Some illustrative simulations of poverty alleviation schemes are also …
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significantly change the Gini coefficient in nearly any of the counterfactual scenarios. However, migration reduced poverty by 40 … per- cent, with different effects across regions for extreme poverty. Foreign transfers, especially foreign pensions, have …
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In this paper, we examine the effect of migrants’ remittances on poverty and inequality. The survey data were collected … scenario without remittances; this is then compared with its current income. We find that the poverty rate and the …
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insecurity in terms of monetary poverty. Using a Malian survey that incorporates exceptionally detailed information on food …
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Africa has been hard hit by the international crisis. Initially exogenous and above all financial, it has exacerbated various internal crises already present in the region. Like the DRC, which is a test case in many respects, Africa could experience severe setbacks that could cancel out the...
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This article attempts to assess empirically the impact of remittances on household expenditure and relative poverty in … poverty. The results show a statistically significant and positive impact of hose remittances on recipient households …’ expenditures. They are also significantly associated with a decline in the probability of being in poverty for rural households; it …
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impact in terms of poverty reduction is important in both projects involved in this type of analysis (Modernization of …
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in farm incomes and a decline in poverty levels. Our main policy conclusion here is that the commercialization of … agriculture can be conducive to a sustainable increase in smallholder incomes and reduction of poverty levels; however, policies …
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