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This is a draft edition of the Poverty Environment Nexus (PEN) report for Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam. The purpose of … unsolved issues faced by the first phase and within the existing PEN literature on Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam. Since the …
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"Using recently completed "poverty maps" for Cambodia, Ecuador, and Madagascar, the authors simulate the impact on … poverty of transferring an exogenously given budget to geographically defined subgroups of the population according to their … relative poverty status. They find large gains from targeting smaller administrative units, such as districts or villages. But …
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This paper discusses the progress made by Cambodia from the early 90s to 2007, in reduction of poverty incidence …. Reduced poverty occurred in both urban and rural areas, and was experienced by rich and poor, and by men and women. Households …, because poverty is still pervasive in the rural areas, and a multi-dimensional approach is needed to tackle it. The gap in …
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, shifting power, and cultural uniformity. Globalization, Growth, and Poverty focuses on globalisation in terms of growing …Globalisation is already a powerful force for poverty reduction as societies and economies around the world are … primarily concerned with the effect that this growing integration has on economic growth and poverty reduction. It assesses the …
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of 'globalization.' Ravallion views the issue through both 'macro' and 'micro' empirical lenses. The macro lens uses … micro approaches cast doubt on some wide generalizations from both sides of the globalization debate. Additionally the micro … combining trade reforms with well-designed social protection policies. This paper--a product of the Poverty Team, Development …
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) set out ambitious goals for reducing poverty and sustainably industrializing so that the country can achieve middle … significantly reducing poverty …
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agriculture, reduce poverty, and ensure broad rural development alignment with these forces. Building on the foundation of the …
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Most economies with a legacy of central planning are changing in fundamental ways. With the rapid economic, social, and political changes in these economies an update of the first edition of Historically Planned Economies (HPEs): A Guide to the Data, has become necessary. In addition to...
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