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Bulgaria's economic progress in recent years has been notable. Since 1997, the country has implemented a range of structural reforms alongside substantive fiscal and sectoral reforms. Measures have included the introduction of a currency board to stabilize the lev and more aggressive...
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' income, expenditure, and educational outcomes. For example, the gain in total income due to electrification can be as much as … electrification than poor households. Finally, estimates also show that income benefits of electrification on an average exceed cost …
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-harvest season of Aman rice. An analysis of household income and expenditure survey data shows that average household income and … consumption are much lower during monga season than in other seasons, and that seasonal income greatly influences seasonal … consumption. However, lack of income and consumption smoothing is more acute in greater Rangpur, the North West region, than in …
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"Does child labor decrease as household income rises? This question has important implications for the design of policy … a small increase in household income on child labor should be concentrated among children most vulnerable to … and in groups most likely to leave school and start work. Additional income is associated with a decline in paid work that …
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"This paper investigates the relationship of household income with child labor. The analysis uses a rich dataset … on the household. The author develops a simple model that relates child labor to household income, preferences, and … production technology. It turns out that child labor does not always decrease with income; the relationship is complex and …
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household labor income and poverty in Brazil. The authors first estimate the extent of price transmission from world markets to … employment depending on worker characteristics. Finally, they measure the impact on household income of a 10 percent increase in … opportunities and experience larger wage increases. More interestingly, households at the top of the income distribution experience …
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"Strategies to help the one billion people worldwide who live in informal settlements have mainly focused on slum upgrading, sites and services programs, and tenure security. In contrast, there has been less attention on what enables slum dwellers to transition into the formal housing sector,...
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young children. A combination of income growth and nutrition interventions are therefore suggested to adequately tackle this … joint contribution of income growth and nutrition interventions toward the reduction of malnutrition. Using a four … household income and the presence of nutrition interventions in the community. The results show that better nutrition is …
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