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. Hence, sustainable livelihood approaches are used at both policy and project level to initiate new poverty reduction …
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In this paper, we analyze the link between nutrition and poverty in two Asian countries where monetary-based poverty … reduction was especially successful. Thailand and Viet Nam are two emerging market economies where poverty rates are now below ….25 poverty line. Also, Thailand, after the economic crisis, with 19% of children underweight, is still above the World Health …
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eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, with the specific goals of halving the proportions of both undernourished and malnourished … people between 1990 and 2015. The poverty goal was met fully, ahead of schedule, and substantive progress was made toward the … millions of families from the desperate cycle of hunger and poverty also had consequences for the environment. Roughly 72% of …
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effectiveness of infrastructure in reducing poverty is important, experimental evaluation, such as randomized control trials (RCT … nexus between infrastructure and certain types of poverty outcomes such as income, poverty, health, education, and other …
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foreign direct investment (FDI). This paper examines the impact of international remittances on poverty reduction using the … panel data of 10 Asian developing countries. In terms of the dependent variables, this paper sets three poverty indicators …: poverty headcount ratio, poverty gap ratio, and poverty severity ratio. Results show that international remittances have a …
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While the role of commercial banks in financing economic growth and reducing poverty and income inequality is well … poverty reduction is understudied. Understanding of the local-level variations of banking services is essential for deeper … understanding of financial inclusion and its impact on local-level poverty. To this end, we first shed light on the regional …
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The economic crisis hit many countries in 2007 and the effects are still being felt, especially in poorer developing nations. Much of the debate surrounding the economic crisis and its impacts has focused on the financial and economic aspects - import/export impacts, economic growth losses,...
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gender and poverty and examine the relationships between gender and various indices, including the human development index … (HDI), the gender inequality index (GII), the multiple poverty index (MPI), and the masculinity score (MAS). Although the …
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developments might affect the broader economy in SASEC, and in particular impact on income distribution and poverty. The paper …
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