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focus groups. Before the crisis, Senegal had experienced a dramatic reduction of poverty, and this is observed whether one … situation of households in Senegal using both a quantitative analysis of household survey data and a qualitative analysis from … relies on objective measures of poverty based on consumption or subjective assessments by households. Despite this progress …
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This article analyses the evolution of poverty and living conditions in Senegal using household surveys conducted over … Development Goals (MDGs). The article was prepared as part of the evaluation of the PRSP II (Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy … Paper 2006-2010) implemented in recent years. Despite efforts in several areas, simulations suggest that poverty has …
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The devaluation of the CFA Franc in 1994 generated a public investment boom in Senegal. The increase in public …) increase in private investment due in part to the attractiveness of Senegal as a place to do business within West Africa, at … growth rates and substantial poverty reduction, with the share of the population living in poverty declining from 67.9 to 57 …
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This paper provides comparable estimates of poverty in Senegal from 1994 to 20076 using household surveys (ESAM I, ESAM … II, and ESPS). Nationally, the share of the population in poverty was reduced from 67.9% in 1994/95 to 57.1% in 2001 …/02, and finally 50.8% in 2005/06. Poverty was reduced more significantly in urban than in rural areas, and large differences …
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This paper deals with the effects of migrants remittances on poverty in Senegal. Data were extracted from the …. The results also indicate that richer households are more affected by remittances. The poverty headcount and poverty gap … are reduced in presence of remittance while the severity of poverty is worsened. …
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engaging children in child labour, can lock households in a low-income equilibrium or poverty trap. Provided that covariate …
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An attempt has been made in this paper to examine the impact of international remittances on poverty and income …, between 1980 and 2009, were sampled for the poverty analysis whilst a sample size of 36 was used in the remittances … that remittances have significant poverty-alleviating effect, with the poorest of the poor being the least beneficiaries …
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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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low, as there are still much poverty with the level of fulfillment of the needs of low, corruption that occurs in every …
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