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Kapitał społeczny ludzi starych na przykładzie mieszkańców miasta Białystok
Klimczuk, Andrzej - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
"Social Capital of Old People on the Example of Bialystok Residents" is a book based on theoretical and empirical study, which presents an issue of diagnosing and using of old people social capital in the local and regional development processes. This issue is significant because of the threats...
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The poverty and inequality nexus in Ghana: a decomposition analysis of household expenditure components
Novignon, Jacob; Nonvignon, Justice; Mussa, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
, reducing within-component inequality significantly reduces overall poverty and inequality in Ghana, compared to between …The study examined the linkages between inequality in household expenditure components and total inequality and poverty … in Ghana. Using micro data from the sixth round of the Ghana Living Standards Survey conducted in 2012/2013, marginal …
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Estimating household vulnerability to poverty from cross section data: an empirical evidence from Ghana
Novignon, Jacob - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
to poverty estimates among households in Ghana and to examine the effect of various socioeconomic characteristics on … vulnerability to poverty. Method The study uses cross section data from the fifth round of the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS … The results show that, about 56% of households in Ghana are vulnerable to poverty and this is significantly higher than …
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Unemployment, poverty and social protection strategies: Peru 1998-2005
Yamada, Gustavo; Montero, Ricardo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
by 13%, and d) increases the probability of poverty by 44%. According to our results, the most effective strategy to …
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Jordan: social protection in a low employment state
Cousins, Mel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
, including data on the level of poverty and inequality in Jordan. Part 2 discusses the challenges and opportunities facing …
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The role of labour market and social protection in reducing inequality and eradicating poverty in Latin America
Fabio, Bertranou; Roxana, Maurizio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
discusses the contribution of the labour market and of the social protection system as effective mechanisms to overcome poverty …
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Social protection in sub-Saharan Africa: Will the green shoots blossom?
Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Barrientos, Armando; Hulme, David; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper provides an overview of the recent extension of social protection in sub-Saharan Africa. It identifies two main ‘models’ of social protection in the region: the Southern Africa and Middle Africa models. It then assesses the contrasting policy processes behind these models and...
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Social Security in India: The Long Lane Treaded and the Longer Road Ahead Towards Universalization
K P, Kannan; Pillai N., Vijayamohanan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper is part of a large study on the Social Protection in Rural India and China. In this paper, we attempt at a critical appraisal of the historical development and experience of social security initiatives at the all India level. Based on the findings of the review, we visualize a road...
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Cause and cure of the crisis
Colignatus, Thomas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The welfare state was created after 1950 with counterproductive mechanisms and this caused high inflation and high unemployment and stagnating growth by 1970, called stagflation. Since 1970 governments redressed the welfare state but did not succeed in finding workable mechanisms. They rather...
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The Impact of Social Security on Household Welfare: Evidence from a Transition Country
Nguyen Viet, Cuong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Although there is no doubt that social security can help poverty reduction, their effect on poverty reduction can vary … investigates the impact of the social security transfers on poverty in Vietnam. It is found that both pensions and social … expenditure than social allowances. Pensions and social allowances reduce poverty of the recipients as well as the whole …
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