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Rural-urban migration in developing countries : a survey of theoretical predictions and empirical findings

Lall, Somik V. - 2006

"The migration of labor from rural to urban areas is an important part of the urbanization process in developing countries. Even though it has been the focus of abundant research over the past five decades, some key policy questions have not found clear answers yet. To what extent is internal...

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Albania - Urban Growth, Migration and Poverty Reduction : A Poverty Assessment

World Bank - 2012

. However, low productivity of predominantly small family farms has put a drag on rural growth prospects. Moreover, Ndihma …

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A curse of comparison? : Evidence on reference groups for relative income concerns

Kuegler, Alice - 2009

"This paper proposes that individuals care about the relative income of proximate reference groups. Making use of self-reported life satisfaction as a proxy for unobservable utility, the relative income of siblings is tested for relevance as a reference point for new sample data from Venezuela....

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Turkey - Performance Based Contracting Scheme in Family Medicine : Design and Achievements

World Bank - 2014

overall family medicine program. It describes and assesses Turkey's performance based payment scheme in family medicine with … feasible. Three focus groups were conducted with Family Medicine Practice (FMP) doctors, FMP health personnel and division …

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Uruguay : Family Agriculture Development

World Bank - 2013

of the present report are: a) to analyze the main characteristics of family agriculture as well as its development … measures aimed at reducing vulnerabilities and increasing development opportunities for family producers; and d) contribute to … presenting a set of policy recommendations and measures to support an economic and environmentally sustainable family agriculture …

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World Development Report 2007 Development and the Next Generation

eSocialSciences; World Bank - 2008

The Report examines five pivotal phases of life that can help unleash the development of young peopleâ€™s potential with the right government policies: learning, working, staying healthy, forming families, and exercising citizenship. Within each of these transitions, governments need not...

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