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This paper outlines changes that have been made in the 2019 version of the Health Equity and Financial Protection Indicators database. On the financial protection side, the changes include an increase in the number of indicators from five to 14; revisions to several previous data points,...
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among the rich when expenditures are assessed relative to consumption. At the extreme poverty line of USD 1.90-a-day, most …
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This paper presents a review of studies that estimate the cost of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Although the Sustainable Development Goals provide useful benchmarks for fiscal authorities and donors, typical cross-country costing exercises can be misleading, for a variety of...
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The Republic of Yemen has undergone a profound transformation following the escalation of conflict in March 2015. There has been an increase in violence, a disruption in supply chains due to a tightening of the ports, and a decline in the general economic climate that has left a large share of...
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This paper looks at how changing food prices affect child undernutrition in Ethiopia. It derives height for age … (stunting) and weight for height (wasting) as indicators of child undernutrition from the two most recent years of the Livings … to suppress cereal price increases may have adverse effects on poverty reduction in the long term by undermining …
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when considering the prevalence of poverty and chronic undernutrition at the upazilla level …
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We use a unique data set for 115 countries, from 2000-18, and 5-year non-overlapping averages to explore the impact of technical assitance on revenue mobilization. To the authors' knowledge this is the first such effort to determine a direct relationship between technical assistance and the...
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This paper surveys the literature on the relationship between international trade and inclusive growth. It examines … claims that the rise in inequality in many countries can be attributed to the concurrent rise in trade competition …
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service institutions, could broaden access to financial resources, fuel non-inflationary, demand-led growth; and foster …
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