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to poverty were identified as critical to understanding the current situation, and to developing a poverty reduction … strategy. These questions are: a) what is the current poverty situation in Kazakhstan, b) what has been the impact of economic … growth on poverty, and, c) how effective is the social protection system in alleviating poverty. Six main findings on poverty …
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This note on making livelihoods and social protection approaches gender- sensitive is the seventh in a series of guidance notes on gender issues in disaster risk management (DRM) in the East Asia and the Pacific region. Targeting World Bank staff, clients and development partners, this note...
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mirror image in poverty trends. In the 1970s, UP's poverty level was almost at the national average and actually came below … the all-India level in 1977-78. Poverty climbed again in 1983. Since the 1990s, slow growth in industry and services has … been responsible for UP's lag. The report is organized as: it starts with an assessment of trends in growth, poverty, and …
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This study brief on "Social Assistance Programs and Household Welfare in Eswatini" examines the performance of Eswatini …
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Azerbaijan saw a substantial reduction in poverty during the 2000s, owing to significant economic growth and policies …-digit growth and an impressive reduction in poverty. The report underscores that the government's targeted social assistance … gains made in poverty reduction. Moreover, while Azerbaijan has made significant progress in building capacity to …
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The Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project (DRDIP) is a World Bank-supported regional program in the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Uganda, Djibouti, and Kenya), which aims to improve access to social services, expand economic opportunities, and enhance environmental management for host...
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Between 2018 and 2021, the country was beset by multiple crises: severe droughts in 2018 and 2021, escalating violence, and the COVID-19 pandemic, fundamentally affected Afghans' livelihoods, creating an even more fragile context. In 2021, five years after households started receiving the...
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"This paper analyzes the relationship between whether a young person has a disability, the poverty status of their … household, and their school participation using 11 household surveys from nine developing countries. Between 1 and 2 percent of …
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This report is an attempt to assess the validity of poverty reduction strategies as an effective tool to manage poverty … brought about by disability, by reviewing the disability policy content of poverty reduction strategy papers. In doing so, the … report focuses on whether the specific poverty dimensions of disabled persons are acknowledged and the critical interventions …
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