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A Manual for Planning and Implementing the Living Standards Measurement Study Survey.
Grosh, M.E.; Munoz, J. - World Bank Group - 1996
This manual explains the planning process, technical procedures, and standards used in Living Standard Measurement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005626136
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The Contribution of Income Components to Income Inequality in South Africa: A Decomposable Gini Analysis.
Leibbrandt, M.V.; Woolard, C.D.; Woolard, I.D. - World Bank Group - 1996
Households in developing countries adopt livelihood strategies that often rely on income from a diversity of sources. From a policy perspective it therefore becomes important to understand the relative importance of income sources in driving inter-household inequality and poverty.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005475234
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Infrastructure and Poverty in Vietnam.
Van de Walle, D. - World Bank Group - 1996
This study uses the Viet Nam Living Standards Survey of 1992-93 to examine the association between household living standards and the level of access to various infrastructural services.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005475250
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Social Development and Absolute Poverty in Asia and Latin America.
De Geyndt, W. - World Bank Group - 1996
A social development perspective is used to seek an answer to the question: why is the incidence of absolute poverty so different among developing countries in East Asia, South Asia and Latin America?
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670021
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Purchasing Power Parities and the Size of World Economies : Results from the 2017 International Comparison Program
World Bank Group (contributor) - World Bank Group - 2020
The International Comparison Program (ICP) is a worldwide statistical initiative led by the World Bank under the … product (GDP) and its expenditure aggregates across economies. Through a partnership with international, regional, sub … progress towards eight goals of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the World Bank's international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644294
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Medicinal Plants: An Expanding Role in Development.
Srivastava, J.; Lambert, J.; Vietmeyer, N. - World Bank Group - 1996
of medicinal plants in health care, national conservation activities in selected countries, and in World Bank development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005780242
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Attacking Extreme Poverty. Learning from the Experience of the International Movement ATD Fourth World.
Woden, Q. - World Bank Group - 2001
This report consists of a collection of essays on extreme poverty. The first part of the report deals with what it means to live in extreme poverty, how to reach the very poor, through programs, and interventions, and how to make private, and public institutions more responsive to their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005780285
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Review of Early Childhood Policy and Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Colletta, N.J.; Reinhold, A.J. - World Bank Group - 1997
The present review explores ways of meeting these developmental challenges. It focuses on efforts that address the intersecting health, nutrition, and early education needs of children up to six years old in their institutional and socio-cultural environments. The paper also reviews current...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005486415
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Combining the Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to Poverty Measurement and Analysis. The Practice and the Potential.
Carvalho, S.; White, H. - World Bank Group - 1997
The quantitative and qualitative approaches to poverty measurement and analysis have often been treated by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005486444
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The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee's Credit Programs.
Khandker, S.R.; Khalily, B. - World Bank Group - 1996
Alternative institutions, most notably non-governmental organizations (NGOs), have evolved in many countries in response to the shortcomings of the state and the market in providing various social developments inputs and credit to the poor. The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005638731