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Transport Infrastructure and Poverty Infrastructure

Setboonsarng, Sununtar - eSocialSciences - 2010

The main issues surrounding this concern and provides a range of policy, regulatory, and institutional measures that could help strengthen the impact of transport infrastructure on poverty reduction are summarized.

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What are the Headwaters of Formal Savings? Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka

Callen, Michael; Mel, Suresh De; McIntosh, Craig; … - eSocialSciences - 2014

the labour allocation channel is an important mechanism linking savings opportunities to income. …When households increase their deposits in formal bank savings accounts, what is the source of the money? High … deposits directly from households each week. In this context, the headwaters of formal savings are to be found in sacrificed …

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Neighborhood and Agricultural Clusters across States of India

Chaterjee, Tirtha; Kumar, A. Ganesh - eSocialSciences - 2014

In this study how number and members of income clusters have changed in Indian agriculture over the last four and a … be in the same income cluster. . …

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Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines

Beam, Emily; McKenzie, David; Yang, Dean - eSocialSciences - 2013

A large-scale randomized experiment was conducted in the Philippines testing the impact of unilaterally facilitating international labor migration. [BREAD Working Paper No. 396].

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Growth and Redistribution: Is there 'Trickle Down' Effect in the Philippines?

Parel, Danileen Kristel C - eSocialSciences - 2014

The aim of this research is to explore the determinants of household income and expenditure growth, and assess whether …

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Far(M)ore = Farm (grow) + More (income-livelihood)

eSocialSciences; } Design Research Publication Cell DRP - 2013

The project aims to grow fruits and vegetables on roof tops of community houses. This will be income generating for the …

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Revival of Rural PDS: Expansion and Outreach

Rahman, Andaleeb - eSocialSciences - 2014

Using the recent rounds of NSS data, this paper evaluates the performance and outreach of India's public distribution system (PDS) in the rural areas. The results suggest a significant improvement in the performance of PDS in terms of its outreach and offtake. States like Bihar and Jharkhand...

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Remittance Needs and Opportunities in India

Thorat, Y S P; Jones, Howard - eSocialSciences - 2013

services in rural and remote areas to low-income clients. [NABARD]. …

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Climate Variability and Internal Migration: A Test on Indian Inter-State Migration

Dallmann, Ingrid; Millock, Katrin - eSocialSciences - 2013

Migration data is matched from the Indian census with climate data to test the hypothesis of climate variability as a push factor for internal migration. The main contribution of the analysis is to introduce relevant meteorological indicators of climate variability, based on the standardized...

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Gender Equality and the Labour Market: Cambodia, Kazakhstan and Philippines

eSocialSciences; Asian Development Bank Institute - 2014

Increasing job opportunities and decent work for women are essential for inclusive growth, and they are vital for advancing economic and social development in a country. This approach to attaining economic and social wealth is based on reliable academic and statistical evidence and is...

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