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Evaluating the long-run impact of an innovative anti-poverty program : evidence using household panel data
Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Ara, Jinnat - 2016
Using a four-round panel data set from the first phase of the Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction …
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Protecting child nutritional status in the aftermath of a financial crisis : evidence from Indonesia
Giles, John; Satriawan, Elan - 2014
In response to concerns over the vulnerability of the young in the wake of Indonesia's 1997-1998 economic crises, the Government of Indonesia implemented a supplementary feeding program to support early childhood nutritional status. This paper exploits heterogeneity in duration of program...
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Does development reduce migration?
Clemens, Michael A. - 2014
The most basic economic theory suggests that rising incomes in developing countries will deter emigration from those countries, an idea that captivates policymakers in international aid and trade diplomacy. A lengthy literature and recent data suggest something quite different: that over the...
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Does child support grant incentivise childbirth in South Africa?
Oyenubi, Adeola; Kollamparambil, Uma - 2020
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Possible welfare benefits of a basic income support : evidence from a benefit incidence analysis in South Africa
Chisadza, Carolyn; Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Mabugu, … - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014337970
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Inequality and support for government responses to COVID-19
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Malesky, Edmund; Cuong Viet Nguyen - 2020
Despite a rich literature studying the impact of inequality on policy outcomes, there has been limited effort to bring …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012305923
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Halving poverty in South Africa: Growth and distributional aspects ; distributional implications of halving poverty in South Africa
Tregenna, Fiona - 2011
The United Nations Millennium Declaration commits to halving extreme poverty between 2000 and 2015. The South African … government has set a goal of halving poverty by 2014, although the meaning of this goal has not yet been defined. This article … specifies government's stated target of halving poverty by 2014 in terms of specific measures of the poverty gap and poverty …
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Spatial differences in stunting and household agricultural production in South Africa : (re-)examining the links using national panel survey data
Otterbach, Steffen; Rogan, Michael - 2017
. Even more important, although under-nutrition retains a strong spatial component, once observable differences in living …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732006
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The long walk : considering the enduring spatial and racial dimensions of deprivation two decades after the fall of apartheid
Burger, Ronelle; Berg, Servaas van der; Walt, Sarel van der - 2015
This study examines the enduring spatial and racial dimensions of poverty and deprivation in South Africa to assess the … services. While there has been previous studies tracking poverty trends over segments of the post-apartheid period, no previous … the Total Fuzzy and Relative approach proposed by Cheli and Lemmi (1995) to derive a poverty index with nine dimensions of …
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Assessing the impact of a minimum income scheme in the Basque country
Rica, Sara de la; Gorjón, Lucía - 2017
In this paper we assess the impact of a Minimum Income Scheme (MIS) which has been operating in the Basque Country, one of Spain's 17 regions, for more than twenty years. In particular, we test whether the policy delays entry into employment for recipients. In addition, we test the efficacy of...
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