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This report aims to analyze key aspects of the low-income housing sector in Brazil, and to provide an analytical framework for reviewing alternatives to addressing the lack of adequate formal housing and urban services for the poor. It addresses four fundamental questions for policymakers in the...
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in Egypt. Despite considerable progress towards improving some of the non-income dimensions of poverty, more needs to be … of education as the strongest correlate of poverty. Statistics show that while inequality rose slightly for Egypt as a … changing, complex picture of poverty in Egypt, a poverty reduction strategy will have to be comprehensive, yet flexible, hence …
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A critical objective of Egypt's long-run development plan (through 2022), is the "alleviation of poverty and …, and dimensions of poverty in Egypt; 2) Link with ongoing programs: the strategy builds on the existing programs, and … policies of the Government of Egypt, suggesting modifications where warranted by the lessons of experience from ongoing efforts …
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in Egypt. Despite considerable progress towards improving some of the non-income dimensions of poverty, more needs to be … of education as the strongest correlate of poverty. Statistics show that while inequality rose slightly for Egypt as a … changing, complex picture of poverty in Egypt, a poverty reduction strategy will have to be comprehensive, yet flexible, hence …
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The Global Monitoring Report 2014/2015: Ending Poverty and Sharing Prosperity was written jointly by the World Bank … Development. This year's report details, for the first time, progress toward the WBG's twin goals of ending extreme poverty by …
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"The paper presents a major overhaul to the World Bank's past estimates of global poverty, incorporating new and better … data. Extreme poverty-as judged by what "poverty" means in the world's poorest countries-is found to be more pervasive than … we thought. Yet the data also provide robust evidence of continually declining poverty incidence and depth since the …
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for half of economic growth. Finally, institutions can affect poverty and equity, although the effects seem generally …
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"This paper reports on the findings from a major international research project investigating the poverty impacts of a … poverty impacts of these DDA scenarios. The focus countries include Bangladesh, Brazil (two studies), Cameroon, China (two … poverty link. It does, however, limit the ability to draw broader conclusions. Thus an additional study provides a 15-country …
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