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-border trade with India came to a halt. The shortages of fuel, raw materials and other essential commodities caused prices to soar …
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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 sheds light on the extent to which earnings mobility and inequality of opportunity in access to the labor market have contributed to the increase in earnings inequality in Mauritius. Among the most important concerns about rising inequality is a situation where people become trapped...
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A decade of rapid economic growth has supported upward mobility and the expansion of the middle class in the Philippines. While the Philippines' record of economic growth has been sound, many East Asian countries have performed better, resulting in higher levels of economic mobility and more...
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