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In contrast with the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean, Brazil's poverty rate is estimated to have decreased …. This apparent paradox can be mostly explained by the way in which poverty and FI are measured: Measurements of poverty are … the short term. In 2021, both poverty and FI may have increased. Simulations suggest that poverty increased in 2021 to 18 …
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Les comparaisons de la pauverte - qu'elles cherchent a determiner si la pauverte a augmente, ou en quel endroit elle est la plus prononcee - sont generalement obscurcies par des imprecisions conceptuelles et methodologiques. La presesnte monographie est axee sur les besoins de l'economiste ou de...
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Afghanistan has been in protracted conflict for almost four decades, with direct implications on progress towards … poverty incidence and high levels of inequality within Afghanistan, the knowledge of living standards at more disaggregated … poverty maps and presents the resulting collection of poverty maps, the first of its kind for Afghanistan. The structure of …
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significant decline in poverty over the past years. Concerns about the slow progress in reducing under nutrition have triggered …Under nutrition levels in Lao PDR remain among the highest in the world, despite both rapid economic growth and a … intense policy discussion and several analytical reports have been produced over the last few years on the Lao PDR nutrition …
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-Saharan Africa has been solid and has supported improvements in nutrition outcomes and poverty rates.Despite some relative gains …
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, in 2012-13, an estimated 19 percent of the population lived below the official poverty line in the state, lower than the … of Health and Family Welfare (DoHFW) requested technical support for better understanding nutrition determinants and … objectives are to better understand the barriers to improved nutrition and health in Nagaland and to help the state government to …
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Eliminating tuberculosis (TB) as a public health concern is not only about saving lives, but also equally an important economic investment. In line with this, the Government of India (GOI) has a target of elimination of TB by 2025, through innovative measures, including providing multiple direct...
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This paper reviews key issues in the'cash versus food'debate, including as they relate to political economy, theory, evidence, and practice. In doing so, it benefited from a new generation of 12 impact evaluations deliberately comparing alternative transfer modalities. Findings show that...
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-nourished population. Deficiencies in nutrition and health, lower levels of education, lack of language skills in the national language … gap in nutrition and economic well-being …
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