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inequality, poverty, and different economic groups. The approach relies on comprehensive fiscal incidence analysis, which … measures the contribution of each individual intervention to poverty and inequality reduction as well as the combined impact of …
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. The backward-looking analysis aims to draw lessons on the determinants of poverty and sustainable and inclusive growth …'Ivoire's strategic pathways out of poverty, better jobs creation through private sector-led growth and human capital development, and the … from (a) stakeholder consultations; (b) a poverty profile; (c) a jobs profile; and (d) a review of Cote d …
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.3 million people (nearly 1 percent of the world's poor) into poverty …
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Thousands of scenarios are used to provide updated estimates for the impacts of climate change on extreme poverty in … 2030. The range of the number of people falling into poverty due to climate change is between 32 million and 132 million in … most scenarios. These results are commensurate with available estimates for the global poverty increase due to COVID-19 …
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Policy makers are increasingly interested in strategies to promote resilience and mitigate the effects of future climatic shocks. Cash transfer programs have had widely documented positive welfare impacts. They often also aim to offer protection against shocks, but their role in fostering...
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The share of people living in extreme poverty fell from 36 percent in 1990 to 10 percent in 2015 but has continued to … are also where the least evidence exists on how to tackle poverty. This paper investigates whether the Targeting the Ultra … Poor program can lift households out of poverty in a fragile context: Afghanistan. In 80 villages in Balkh province, 1 …
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This report documents the progress South Africa has made in reducing poverty and inequality since the end of apartheid … role of skills and labor market factors have grown in importance in explaining poverty and inequality while the role of … inequality outcomes. Social protection remains important in reducing extreme poverty, but the fiscal space for further expansion …
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-skilled workers, thereby reducing income inequality and poverty. The author also fined that South Africa's own policies are biased … findings suggest that South Africa's own policies are more damaging to its welfare, poverty and inequality than distortionary … have remained sluggish. Also, poverty and unemployment have risen and become increasingly concentrated in rural areas. This …
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Moldova has experienced rapid economic growth in the past decade, which has been accompanied by reductions in poverty … reducing poverty and expanding shared prosperity and for addressing the problems associated with an aging population in a … the poor to shocks. The Moldova poverty assessment 2016 includes three prongs of analysis: this report, which explores …
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This Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) identifies the binding constraints to reducing extreme poverty and promoting … performance as well as introducing new elements. Progress in rural livelihoods drove poverty reduction in the past and will likely …
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