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In an effort to inform social policy in Mexico, this paper analyzes the effects of a major social program on school attendance and household income distribution, accounting for its partial and general equilibrium effects. Linking a microeconometric simulation model and a general equilibrium...
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"This paper addresses the potential effects of a world agricultural trade liberalization scenario on poverty and … Brazil, tailored for income distribution and poverty analysis. The model distinguishes 10 different labor types and 270 … model. Poverty and income distribution indexes are computed over the entire sample of households and persons, before and …
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Migration and remittances can be used by rural households as a means of insurance, investment, and income augmentation …
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remittances, primarily from male workers overseas. Since human capital is the most important asset for the poor, the escalation in …
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reliance on labor remittances exacerbated Tajikistan’s food insecurity and the vulnerability of its households. This study … economic growth and poverty reduction, constraints and bottlenecks on agricultural growth and productivity, and other policies …
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Policy Research Institute’s Pakistan Strategy Support Program (PSSP) is working to address these topics through high … policy landscape for agricultural water management in Pakistan, to better understand how to engage with stakeholders in the … between various institutions influencing the water sector in Pakistan. Group interviews were conducted with national …
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We use data from 52 countries on child stunting, poverty, determinants of food security, environmental health, and …
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poverty reduction but also in economic growth. …
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What has been the recent performance of the agricultural sector in Mozambique and the progress made thus far toward achieving the objectives established under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) initiative for Mozambique that began in late-2011?
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Although the role of industrial policy in economic development is a frequent topic of debate in both the literature and the political arena, most such discussions focus on industrial policymaking at the national level. Using a case study of a potato cluster in China, we show that industrial...
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