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Survey nonresponse and the distribution of income
Korinek, Anton - 2005
different incomes are not equally likely to participate. They discuss poverty and inequality measurement implications for …
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Estimating individual vulnerability to poverty with pseudo-panel data
Bourguignon, François - 2004
larger effort in the vice presidency to improve measurement of vulnerability to poverty"--World Bank web site …
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Linking representative household models with household surveys for poverty analysis : a comparison of alternative methodologies
Agénor, Pierre-Richard - 2004
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On the utility consistency of poverty lines
Lokshin, Michael - 2003
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Expanding the measure of wealth : indicators of environmentally sustainable development
1997
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Does asymmetric information cause the home equity bias?
Bravo-Ortega, Claudio - 2005
"The home equity bias is one of the many puzzles existing in international finance. This puzzle is characterized by the …-Ortega tries to explain the effect of asymmetric information in the home equity bias puzzle. While asymmetric information helps to … also consistent with home equity bias reversals. One proposition generalizes these results. Simulations corroborate the …
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Transactional sex as a response to risk in Western Kenya
Robinson, Jonathan - 2009
"Formal and informal commercial sex work is a way of life for many poor women in developing countries. Though sex workers have long been identified as crucial in affecting the spread of HIV/AIDS, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, the nature of sex-for-money transactions remains poorly...
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Impacts of Climate Change on Georgia's Coastal Zone : Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Options
World Bank - 2020
The higher-level purpose of this study is to provide information to be used to raise the ambition of Georgia's nationally determined contribution (NDCs) and to consider adaptation targets for the Black Sea coast of Georgia. The study also aims to highlight how supporting a blue economy can...
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Learning from Tropical Cyclone Seroja : Building Disaster and Climate Resilience in Timor-Leste
World Bank - 2021
Tropical Cyclone (TC) Seroja impacted Timor-Leste with heavy torrential rains over a 24-hour period on April 4, 2021, with an average intensity of over 14 millimeters per hour and a peak intensity of over 70 millimeters per hour. The heavy precipitation and the country's natural topography led...
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Pakistan Cyclone and Floods 2007 : Preliminary Damage and Needs Assessment, Balochistan and Sindh
World Bank - 2013
The exercise was to conduct a preliminary assessment of the damage caused by the cyclone and floods, in close coordination with the government, development partners, civil society, and other stakeholders active in the affected area,. The damage and needs assessment (DNA) also estimates the...
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