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the priority given to absolute poverty in poor countries. The pattern of externalities also suggests that there will be … too much poverty and inequality in this economy, even judged solely from the point of view of aggregate efficiency …
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infrastructure improvements on Belt and Road Initiative and non?Belt and Road Initiative countries' trade flows, growth, and poverty …, the Belt and Road Initiative could contribute to lifting 7.6 million people from extreme poverty and 32 million from … moderate poverty. Third, the initiative would lead to a modest increase in global carbon dioxide emissions, with a complex set …
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business services. The paper assesses the poverty and shared prosperity impacts of deep integration to reduce these three types … in the macroeconomic variables that impact poverty and shared prosperity. The model estimates are used in the Global … Income Distribution Dynamics microsimulation model to obtain assessments of the changes in the poverty headcount and shared …
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trends scenario. Finally, rebalancing reduces the prevalence of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa compared with the isolated … negative effects of China's slowdown, which slightly increase the incidence of poverty. Overall, China's slowdown and … poverty, but the extent of this varies by country …
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This paper quantifies the contributions to poverty reduction observed in Sri Lanka between 2002 and 2012/13. The …, labor, and non-labor incomes in explaining poverty reduction. The findings show that the most important contributor to … poverty reduction was growth in labor income, stemming from an increase in the returns to salaried nonfarm workers and higher …
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poverty reduction will depend on several factors. The outlook will likely be good if African countries can continue the gains … economy additionally by 22 percent by 2030 relative to the base case and reduce poverty by an additional 51 million people …
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As well acknowledged in the literature, housing is often the dominant consumption good for most households. As such, it should be included in a comprehensive welfare aggregate to measure people's living standards accurately. However, assigning a value to the flow of the dwelling for homeowners...
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The continued poverty impact of the financial crisis in Serbia is difficult to establish beyond 2010 because of the … pathway of the financial crisis in Serbia, the labor market. The results suggest a further increase in poverty in 2011 on … compared with realized poverty estimates. The micro-simulation model performs well in predicting poverty dynamics during 2009 …
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After an impressive acceleration in growth and poverty reduction since the mid-1990s, many African countries continue …
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