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Assessing the Impact of Poverty Reduction Programs in Vietnam
Nguyen Viet, Cuong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
This paper aims to examine the poverty targeting and impacts of three poverty reeducation programs including programs ‘exemption of educational fees’, ‘provision with health care insurance’, and ‘micro-credit for the poor’ in Vietnam. It is found that the three programs have reached...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008685139
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Impact Evaluation of Multiple Overlapping Programs using Difference-in-differences with Matching
Nguyen Viet, Cuong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Difference-in-differences with matching is a popular method in impact evaluation. Traditional impact evaluation methods … including difference-in-differences with matching often deal with impact measurement of a single binary program. Imbens (1999 …) and Lechner (2001) extend the matching method to the case of multiple mutually exclusive programs. Frölich (2002 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565091
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Learning from the Extreme Poor: Participatory Approaches to Fostering Child Health in Madagascar
Blanchard, Caroline; Godinot, Xavier; Laureau, Chantal; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Very poor people are often considered ignorant and even incapable of thinking, because they have had no opportunity to gain skill in expression through education. The experience of contempt and exclusion is deep among the poorest, whether they live in rich or poor countries, and it often...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837046
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Deprivation of Basic Amenities in Andhra Pradesh
Motkuri, Venkatanarayana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Despite the noble concept of equity wherein every citizen has equal right to live a decent life irrespective of their socio-economic and regional/geographic characteristics, the phenomenon of inequality is persistent in everyday life of people especially those living in developing countries such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259216
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On the Deprivation of Basic Amenities in Rural India: An Analysis of Census 2001
Motkuri, Venkatanarayana; Joe, William - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
The present paper is an attempt to examine the levels of deprivation of rural people in terms of their access to basic amenities like, housing, drinking water, sanitation etc. And also it evaluates the degree of relative disadvantage of rural people when compared with their urban counterparts....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259855
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Low-income housing finance in Colombia
Arbelaez, Maria Angelica; Camacho, Carolina; Fajardo, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper explores the role played by policy instruments in access to housing finance by low-income households. It also analyzes the impact of housing credit and subsidies on both the quality of life and the quality of dwelling of the beneficiaries. Using the Quality of Life Surveys conducted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322638
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Dibattito sulla globalizzazione. Un commento
Schilirò, Daniele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
Globalization means the affirmation of a single market at the global level. More generally, the word globalization is usually used to indicate a unified world that tends to homogenize products and consumption patterns. In addition to the undoubtedly positive effects that the processes of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372477
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Magison-ison: A parallel reality construction of war among Joloano Muslim Survivors in Sulu, Philippines
Usman-Laput, Lea - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
The Mindanao conflict in Southern Philippines is a long-standing controversy that has eluded comprehensive solutions. Despite efforts of the Government of the Philippines (GRP) and the representatives from the peoples of Mindanao in undertaking peace initiatives, “the war:” continues. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009401312
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Good governance in microcredit strategy for poverty reduction: focus on western Mindanao, Philippines
Moreno, Frede - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
The study argues for the integration of good governance principles in developing financially viable, effective and social equity-laden microcredit strategy for the impoverished agrarian reform beneficiaries in Western Mindanao. It particularly examines the program design and implementation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009401358
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Desarrollo socioeconómico y pobreza en América Latina y el Caribe
Mora-Alfaro, Jorge - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
The political and economical reforms applied in Latina American and Caribbean (LAC) countries, since the 80 decade, in the structural adjustment context, produced a break in relation to the development model followed for the majority of these nations, with evident differences between them, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836793