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of poverty. This study examines the pathways by the Dokur villagers of Andhra Pradesh in India to survive and improve … livelihoods in the face of a decade of persistent drought. The study is based on quantitative and qualitative data collected by …
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Vulnerability to poverty in Malawi is highly associated with risk. Households face multiple shocks, most of which … drought, which is exacerbated by environmental change. This study analyzes the impact of drought on household’s vulnerability … using a two-period panel dataset of 259 rural households in Malawi. In the framework of vulnerability as expected poverty …
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The poverty problem is chronic in the Horn of Africa. Majority of the people in the region are suffering from this … problem. There are numerous factors that cause poverty in the region. The challenge of poverty reduction in the Horn should … therefore address the poverty reduction issues at national, provincial and local levels. A brief survey of literature has been …
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The alleviation of poverty has consistently been one of the chief objectives of Indian policy. The country‘s modern … poverty eradication or social justice components. The consideration of economic policies vis-à-vis their impact on the poor … highlights a continued emphasis by Indian policy makers on poverty alleviation.During the mid to late 1990‘s, the country …
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The present study applies purpose-built dynamic computable general equilibrium models for Ghana and Kenya with a …
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provided throughout the paper are Kenya, the Philippines and South Africa. There exist many reasons why it is imperative to … having a very low cost structure – making it lucrative for banks to target the rural poor. Poverty is an insidious problem in … states, the issue is even more pressing. High levels of poverty lead to high rates of migration towards the North. Augmented …
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low-magnitude changes in transaction costs in the agricultural sector have an impact on poverty. …
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reducing poverty. …
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Most works on food security have a macroeconomic orientation, whereas most discussions of famine are rather microeconomic. The intention here is to seek a more unified approach to the economic issues in food insecurity among low-income rural households.
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Food security is about ensuring that all people at all times have both physical and economic access to the basic food they need. In a number of African countries chronic malnutrition and transitory food insecurity are pervasive. Like most African countries, Eritrea is also a victim of the...
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