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-economic growth and the reduction of income inequality on monetary poverty. Our results emphasise the potential importance of the … population living in absolute poverty by 2015. The first section analyses the factors which lead to placing poverty reduction at … the core of development policies. The second section conducts a survey on the impact of growth and inequality on poverty …
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(about 2.6%) due to a very high index of fecundity (6.8). Growth is still very unstable, due to a large share of agriculture …, poverty incidence plummeted slightly. Extreme poverty decreased, and growth has been pro-poor to some extend in monetary terms … degree of inequality is important for explaining the disappointing results in poverty reduction. The Poverty Reduction …
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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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performance of the Modernization of Agriculture project in the DRC is also poor, most of the beneficiaries being non-poor. The … impact in terms of poverty reduction is important in both projects involved in this type of analysis (Modernization of … Agriculture in the DRC and Public Work in Liberia), at least for the beneficiaries. The case of the DRC project, however, shows …
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agriculture a decreasing one. Agricultural and land-policy reforms could have had a negative impact on poverty, despite their …The aim of this article is to analyse in depth the interactions of growth and poverty in Syria, which undertook reforms …
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