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Developing countries attach enormous importance to physical infrastructure for poverty reduction. We contend that this … between infrastructure and poverty in India in a regional framework. Infrastructural availability improves average living … association is different across types of infrastructure and regions. The present paper explores the multidimensional association …
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Every minute, at least one woman dies from pregnancy and childbirth complications; a further 20 suffer injury, infection or disease. Despite medical advances, and years of policy declarations, this tragic situation remains particularly severe in developing countries, violating a fundamental...
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This paper aims to investigate the relationship between physical infrastructure and economic development of Pakistan. A … composite index of physical infrastructure has been constructed through Principal Component Analysis. This has been done by … taking into account three different dimensions of infrastructure i.e. transportation infrastructure, energy infrastructure …
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This paper has explored the relationship between infrastructure and growth and poverty in the context of the Bangladesh … economy and in this context the paper has used three different techniques. The general conclusion is that infrastructure plays … extremely significant role in promoting growth and alleviating poverty in Bangladesh. The construction of the district …
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"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 authors turn to the large family of institutions that came into existence in post-Soviet Eurasia (and, in some ways, beyond it) over the last two decades. The researchers review their current state, agenda, real and perceived mandate, and their respective achievements and constraints. The...
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organizations and countries and in turn a vast number studies have attempted to assess the outreach and poverty impact of such … accumulating on the impact of microfinance activities on poverty reduction. In particular we ask what is the evidence on three … poverty on a permanent basis; (2) the extent to which microfinance programs reach only the better-off amongst the poor …
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paper surveys the evidence from Asia and Latin America and contrasts experiences in the two regions. Studies on the former …
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This paper examines the current distribution of the agricultural land, the issues causing landlessness in Vietnam, assesses present governmental policies and methods and presents key options. The paper relies on the Vietnam Living Household Standard Survey (VHLSS) that were conducted by the...
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This paper highlights the global economic prosperity and portrays the anatomy of poverty in developing countries. It … analyses the incidence of rural and urban poverty persisting in fourteen countries including India. It address the … contradiction of coexistence of poverty and hyper economic growth in the globe. It is found that the growth elasticity of poverty is …
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