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The Poverty Elasticity of Growth
Heltberg, Rasmus - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005059999
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On the Distributional Implications of Social Protection Reforms in Latin America
Barrientos, Armando - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011
insurance in the 1990s and the growth of social assistance in the 2000s, and assesses their effects on poverty and inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366409
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Evaluating antipoverty transfer programmes in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa: Better policies? Better politics?
Barrientos, Armando; Villa, Juan M. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013
The paper provides a comparative analysis of the incidence of evaluation methods in antipoverty transfer programmes in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa. The paper identifies two broad explanations for the incidence of evaluation in antipoverty transfe
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010643218
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Linking Globalization to Poverty in Asia, Latin America and Africa
Nissanke, Machiko; Thorbecke, Erik - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010
world economy the impact of globalization on poverty reduction has been uneven. Asia has been the major beneficiary of … globalization where high growth rates and its labor-intensive pattern contributed to a spectacular reduction in poverty. In contrast … undergo structural transformation has led to the persistence of low growth and debilitating poverty. While the impact of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506958
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The Poverty Macroeconomic Policy Nexus: Some Short-run Analytics
Mavrotas, George; Murshed, S. Mansoob - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005033287
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Microcredit and Poverty Alleviation: Can microcredit close the deal?
Quibria, M.G. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012
This paper explores the relationship between microcredit and poverty reduction. To investigate this question, we posit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010854545
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Another look at foreign aid
Ranis, Gustav - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013
The foreign aid landscape has undergone a paradigm shift in the last few decades, with changes in the behaviour of .traditional. donors and a new focus on selectivity in aid disbursement, as well as .new. donors and South-South co-operation playing an inc
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739482
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Using evidence and operational responses to accelerate gender equality in Kenya
Torkelsson, Asa - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014
Agriculture is a main contributor to pro-poor growth in Africa, but gender inequalities in the sector hold back agricultural growth and affect household welfare negatively. The sector has been characterized by a lack of gender-disaggregated data and patch
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739515
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The impact of conditional cash transfer programmes on household work decisions in Ghana
Mochiah, Eric Ekobor-Ackah; Osei, Robert Darko; Osei … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014
A cash transfer programme .Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty. has been implemented with the aim of addressing … poverty and vulnerability in Ghana. This study looks at the impact of this conditional cash transfer programme on households …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011076200
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Fiscal Policy, Growth and Poverty Reduction in Uganda
Kayizzi-Mugerwa, Steve - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005001298