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Dimensions of Poverty have been appended to household surveys by National Statistics Institutes in twelve African and Latin …
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after the devaluation, poverty incidence plummeted slightly. Extreme poverty decreased, and growth has been pro-poor to some …, nutrition and health. The high degree of inequality is important for explaining the disappointing results in poverty reduction …. The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) gives priority to investment in education and health supply. In countries like …
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This paper examines for the first time inequality of opportunity for income in Africa, by analyzing large-sample surveys, all providing information on individuals' parental background, in five comparable Sub-Saharan countries: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Madagascar and Uganda. We compute...
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A new analysis of large-sample surveys in five comparable Sub-Saharan African countries allows measuring for the first time inequality of opportunity in Africa, aside inequality of resources and of living standards. We confirm the prevalence of high levels of inequality among the region’s...
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poverty alleviation and reducing unemployment has not been fully utilized. The main objective of this study is to provide an … an efficient strategy to provide permanent revenues and help solve the problems of poverty. Finally, cooperation between … mainstream international development agencies and waqf and zakat institutions could improve their capacity to reduce poverty and …
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Since 2004, the Government of Senegal has adopted an accelerated growth program in the aim o reducing poverty by half … strategy is not really in accordance with the Senegalese Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. …
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, especially in the scope of the new international poverty reduction strategies (PRSP and HIPC initiatives). To gain a better … of as extra-economic dimensions such as subjective forms of poverty, quality of institutions (especially public … development and for monitoring them in quantitative terms. Three specific modules (Multiple Dimensions of Poverty, Governance and …
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food crop producers. However, official statistics on poverty suggest that the cotton growing region of Sikasso is among the … detailed analysis of this paradox, the so-called Sikasso paradox. The official statistics on poverty are set out and data and …
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