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. Three projects are considered - in India, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. The results are still tentative in terms of both …
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that is not poor but that still faces significant risk of falling back into poverty. This paper attempts to fill this gap … data, in rich- and poor-country settings. These vulnerability lines offer a means to broaden traditional poverty analysis … are provided using panel data from the United States (Panel Study of Income Dynamics) and Vietnam (Vietnam Household …
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? national poverty lines and poverty measures, its focus on inclusion of the vulnerable population, and its identification of a … population segment that is neither poor nor at significant risk of falling into poverty. The paper also offers a typology of … United States, and Vietnam for the mid-to-late 2000s. Estimation results comparing the two approaches with measuring the …
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the non-poor, since they own the lion's share of agricultural land. The results suggest that poverty in India will be …
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This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of poverty in India. It shows that no matter which of the two official … poverty lines is used, poverty has declined steadily in all states and for all social and religious groups. Accelerated growth … between fiscal years 2004-2005 and 2009-2010 led to an accelerated decline in poverty rates. Moreover, the decline in poverty …
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, the poverty rate, or the incidence of regular wage employment. The results suggest that the highways caused an increase in …
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recurrent floods. The paper discusses policy implications for future adaptive capacity, resilience, and poverty alleviation. The … implications of the fact that poor households are more likely than non-poor households to be located in flood-prone areas. The … study used the land use maps for the selected flood-prone areas to determine the extent and spread of poor and non …
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unprecedented rates, resulting in large reduction in extreme poverty and a significant expansion of the middle class. But more … development quest. The sample includes Brazil, India, Vietnam and four African countries -- Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, and Zambia … industrialization only played a significant role in Vietnam …
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of catch-up growth across the four Young Lives countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam). In addition, the paper …
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