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Poverty rates in Guatemala are among the highest in Latin America and the Caribbean, and Guatemala is now the second … development, and poverty and seeks to understand this paradigm through a careful examination of trends in access to water and … sanitation and in corresponding linkages to poverty and health. It also reviews the governance structure and expenditure plans …
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The overall objective of the Maputo Urban Poverty and Inclusive Growth Study is to inform the municipal governments of … Maputo and Matola in the Greater Maputo Area (GMA) on how to better target and finance urban poverty reduction programs by … building critical knowledge on urban poverty and land-based municipal revenue enhancement. The study carried out an in …
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understand poverty's determinants. Exploiting data from the 2017 household expenditure survey, as well as administrative and … geospatial data, it provides a detailed analysis of poverty in the country, its strong link to labor market outcomes, and the … shows that over a fifth of the Djiboutian population continues to live in extreme poverty and that the country has high …
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countries like India aspire to grow further and navigate a phase of rapid economic transformation, investments in social … articles take stock of India's major social protection programs, including pension programs, health insurance, the public … distribution system, and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The latter two are among the largest anti-poverty …
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Half Full: Poverty Diagnostic of Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Conditions in Tajikistan documents the realities …
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This report examines the role of infrastructure in explaining why the region lags so far behind the rest of the country. More importantly, it looks at how improved infrastructure may help the region catch up. Infrastructure is examined here through its impact on social as well as economic...
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Policy makers across the Middle East and North Africa have for many years articulated plans to integrate their people spatially and economically. Wishing to bring communities together and narrow economic gaps, governments have made large capital investments in transport corridors and "new...
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Addressing regional disparities is key to unlocking Russia's potential to achieve stronger gains in growth and equity outcomes as well as to improve its institutional environment. While spatial disparities have been an important policy concern in Russia for a long time, inequalities across its...
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Russia's spatial disparities stem largely from its economic geography, which is unique and has no parallels even when compared to seemingly similar countries such as Australia and Canada. While Australia and Canada also have large land masses and even lower population densities than Russia, a...
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On average, Vietnam has achieved remarkable improvements in nutritional status in recent decades, but improvements in national aggregates mask wide disparities and a persistent 'very high' burden among disadvantaged ethnic minority groups. Between 2000 and 2010, national stunting rates dropped...
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