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Philippines : Poverty Assessment, Volume 2. Methodology
World Bank - 2013
This report is intended as an input into the Philippine Government's poverty eradication strategy. The report aims to update our understanding of the nature of poverty and the recent progress in poverty reduction in the Philippines. It examines the extent to which growth in the nineties has...
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Assessing Poverty Measurement Practices and Statistical Capacity in Central America
World Bank - 2012
advances in recent years, there are a variety of elements in current poverty measurement and mapping practices in Central … America that are susceptible to further improvement. The purpose of this note is to take stock of current poverty measurement … practices and the status of statistical capacity for effective poverty measurement in Central America. The first section reviews …
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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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Catastrophe Risk Assessment Methodology
World Bank - 2013
The Pacific Region is one of the most natural disaster prone regions on earth. The Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are highly exposed to the adverse effects of climate change and natural hazards, which can result in disasters affecting their entire economic, human, and physical environment and...
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Digital-in-Health
World Bank - 2023
Technology and data are integral to daily life. As health systems face increasing demands to deliver new, more, better, and seamless services affordable to all people, data and technology are essential. With the potential and perils of innovations like artificial intelligence the future of...
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Procedures for collecting and analyzing mortality data in LSMS
Cochrane, Susan H. - 1982
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Armenia : Poverty Assessment, Volume 3. Technical Notes and Statistics
World Bank - 2013
This report reviews poverty in Armenia in 2001, and examines the most recent trends covering the 1998/99 to 2001 period. It looks at the determinants of poverty, and analyzes linkages between economic growth, sector policies and poverty. The findings are based on two rounds of the Armenia...
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Agency of Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics : Statistical Master Plan 2008-2015
World Bank - 2013
The mission of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics (ARKS) is to provide the Kazakh government, businesses and individuals with reliable and accurate statistics collected and produced in line with the international methodology and best practice. A Statistical Master Plan (SMP)...
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Technical Assistance on Poverty Analysis and Social Statistics : Mission on the Census of Buildings and Dwellings, Volume 3. Questionnaire Design for the Census of Buildings and Dw...
World Bank - 2013
The World Bank is developing a project to develop the capacity of the Central Administration for Statistics (CAS) of Lebanon to produce demographic and social statistics. In the absence of population censuses, the census of buildings and dwelling is one of the few sources of comprehensive data...
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Technical Assistance on Poverty Analysis and Social Statistics : Mission on the Census of Buildings and Dwellings, Voume 4. Questionnaire Design for the Large Sample Household Surv...
World Bank - 2013
The World Bank is developing a project to develop the capacity of the Central Administration for Statistics (CAS) of Lebanon to produce demographic and social statistics. In the absence of population censuses, the census of buildings and dwelling is one of the few sources of comprehensive data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557574