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Isolation and Subjective Welfare : Evidence from South Asia

Fafchamps, Marcel; Shilpi, Forhad - 2012

Using detailed geographical and household survey data from Nepal, this article investigates the relationship between isolation and subjective welfare. This is achieved by examining how distance to markets and proximity to large urban centers are associated with responses to questions about...

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Implications of Higher Global Food Prices for Poverty in Low-Income Countries

Ivanic, Maros; Martin, Will - 2012

In many poor countries, the recent increases in prices of staple foods raise the real incomes of those selling food, many of whom are relatively poor, while hurting net food consumers, many of whom are also relatively poor. The impacts on poverty will certainly be very diverse, but the average...

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Does Child Labor Always Decrease with Income? An Evaluation in the Context of a Development Program in Nicaragua

Del Carpio, Ximena V. - 2012

This paper investigates the relationship of household income with child labor. The analysis uses a rich dataset obtained in the context of a conditional cash transfer program in a poor region of Nicaragua in 2005 and 2006. The program has a strong productive emphasis and seeks to diversify the...

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Poverty Alleviation and Child Labor

Edmonds, Eric V.; Schady, Norbert - 2012

allocation at peak school attendance ages and among children already out of school at baseline, but have large impacts at ages … and in groups most likely to leave school and start work. Additional income is associated with a decline in paid work that … takes place away from the child's home. Declines in work for pay are associated with increases in school enrollment …

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International Remittances and the Household : Analysis and Review of Global Evidence

Adams, Richard H., Jr. - 2012

This paper examines the economic impact of international remittances on countries and households in the developing world. To analyze the country-level impact of remittances, the paper estimates an econometric model based on a new data set of 115 developing countries. Results suggest that...

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The Impact of Remittances on Poverty and Human Capital : Evidence from Latin American Household Surveys

Acosta, Pablo; Fajnzylber, Pablo; Lopez, J. Humberto - 2012

This paper explores the impact of remittances on poverty, education, and health in 11 Latin American countries using nationally representative household surveys and making an explicit attempt to account for one of the inherent costs associated with migration-the potential income that the migrant...

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Sugar Prices, Labor Income, and Poverty in Brazil

Krivonos, Ekaterina; Olarreaga, Marcelo - 2012

This paper assesses the impact that a potential liberalization of sugar regimes in OECD countries could have on household labor income and poverty in Brazil. The authors first estimate the extent of price transmission from world markets to 11 Brazilian states to capture the fact that some local...

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Trade Reforms and Welfare : An Ex-Post Decomposition of Income in Vietnam

Isik-Dikmelik, Aylin - 2012

This paper analyzes the impact of trade reforms on household welfare. In particular, it studies the importance of each of the links that together constitute the impact using data from the Vietnamese experience in the 1990s. The implementation of trade reforms in the 1990s, most noteworthy of...

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Reducing Child Malnutrition in Tanzania : Combined Effects of Income Growth and Program Interventions

Alderman, Harold; Hoogeveen, Hans; Rossi, Mariacristina - 2012

Malnutrition is associated with an inadequate diet, poor health and sanitation services, and insufficient care for young children. A combination of income growth and nutrition interventions are therefore suggested to adequately tackle this issue, yet evidence to support this claim is often not...

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Household Savings and Residential Mobility in Informal Settlements

Lall, Somik V.; Suri, Ajay; Deichmann, Uwe - 2012

Strategies to help the one billion people worldwide who live in informal settlements have mainly focused on slum upgrading, sites and services programs, and tenure security. In contrast, there has been less attention on what enables slum dwellers to transition into the formal housing sector,...

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