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This report seeks to put the issue of poverty in practical terms of what we know about poverty and what can be done to …
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principales tendencias; Chile: De las políticas de subsidio a las exportaciones, a las políticas de desarrollo de la … exportaciones; y, Promoción de las exportaciones en México.Abstract: The IDB's Integration & Trade Journal includes articles on the … Situation and Main Trends; Chile: From Policies that Subsidize Exports to Policies that Enhance Competitiveness; Export …
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Esta nota presenta un análisis de la trayectoria del Programa de Desarrollo Humano Oportunidades en México, con el …
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Shelter is a basic need for human beings. As with food, humans need a constant supply of the services provided by a house to survive. However not everybody have access to adequate shelter, especially low income households in developing countries. This study reviews the housing conditions of...
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Experience from the 1990s has led to a poverty reduction agenda that, on top of promoting economic growth, addresses …
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of poverty rates and inequality levels. We also estimate a heterogeneous response to the mining-abundant condition …, finding stronger responses in lower-poverty, higher-inequality districts. Finally, we find a trend suggesting incremental … activities, on the reduction of poverty and inequality. …
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Raising labor productivity is recognized as a critical factor for increasing economic growth and reducing poverty … the region. We examine the scope for education to lift labor incomes above poverty levels in Latin America and find that …
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Workfare programs aim to reduce poverty by providing low-wage work to those who need it. They are often turned to in a …
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Targeted Human Development Programs (THDPs) are integrated poverty reduction programs designed to increase the capacity …-school and school-age children. Their main long-term objective is to eradicate the structural causes of poverty by fostering … investment in the next generation's human capital. A secondary objective is to alleviate poverty in the short term, mainly …
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This paper reviews the contribution of agriculture and rural development to poverty reduction by examining the … Peru) that have experienced substantial reductions in poverty. While the four countries fall into three distinct groupings … reductions in poverty during the last two decades - a transformation that they achieved by taking substantially different paths …
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