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Household savings and residential mobility in informal settlements
Lall, Somik V. - 2005
household's ability to save on a regular basis. Due to limited outreach of institutional housing finance, most slum dwellers … rely solely on household savings for purchasing a house. These findings underscore the urgent need to improve savings …
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Reducing child malnutrition in Tanzania : combined effects of income growth and program interventions
Alderman, Harold - 2005
household income and the presence of nutrition interventions in the community. The results show that better nutrition is …
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Brazil : Measuring Poverty Using Household Consumption
World Bank - 2012
This report on measuring poverty using household consumption summarizes the work undertaken as part of the Brazil …
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Social Assistance Programs and Household Welfare in Eswatini : Study Brief
World Bank - 2021
This study brief on "Social Assistance Programs and Household Welfare in Eswatini" examines the performance of Eswatini …
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Bulgaria : A Changing Poverty Profile
World Bank - 2013
Bulgaria's economic progress in recent years has been notable. Since 1997, the country has implemented a range of structural reforms alongside substantive fiscal and sectoral reforms. Measures have included the introduction of a currency board to stabilize the lev and more aggressive...
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Banking sector crises and inequality
Honohan, Patrick - 2005
"An apparent temporary narrowing of income inequality has been observed during several recent banking crises. But it would be a mistake to conclude that such crises don't matter for the poor. For one thing, the correlation is not strong, and the opposite pattern has also been present. Besides,...
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Brazil Poverty and Equity Assessment : Looking Ahead of Two Crises
World Bank - 2022
the more recent pandemic shock, the report combines household survey, administrative and phone survey data to: i) analyze …
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Welfare impacts of rural electrification : a case study from Bangladesh
Khandker, Shahidur R. - 2009
30 percent and as low as 9 percent. Benefits go up steadily as household exposure to grid electrification (measured by …
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Poverty and income seasonality in Bangladesh
Khandker, Shahidur R. - 2009
-harvest season of Aman rice. An analysis of household income and expenditure survey data shows that average household income and …
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Poverty alleviation and child labor
Edmonds, Eric V. - 2008
"Does child labor decrease as household income rises? This question has important implications for the design of policy … a small increase in household income on child labor should be concentrated among children most vulnerable to … the cash transfer. However, total household expenditures do not increase with the transfer and appear to fall in …
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