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mining activity in Peru, which grew almost twentyfold in the last two decades. The authors find evidence that producing … rate, and higher literacy. However, the positive impacts from mining decrease significantly with administrative and … producing province. The inequalizing impact of mining activity, both across and within districts, may explain part of the …
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of catch-up growth across the four Young Lives countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam). In addition, the paper …
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This paper estimates the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral and North-South-East-West Highways in India on welfare …
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methods to assess dimensional contributions to poverty. An empirical illustration for India highlights distinctive features of …
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This paper analyzes the Indian National Sample Survey data spanning 1987/88-2011/12 to uncover patterns of transition into and out of different classes of the consumption distribution. At the aggregate level, income growth has accelerated, accompanied by accelerating poverty decline. Underlying...
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the first randomized controlled trial-based evidence on this question. Households in rural Bihar, India, were offered low …
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Recent National Sample Surveys point to significant poverty reduction in India since 2004/05, with a marked … analysis draws on the synthetic panels to derive a vulnerability line for India that can be used to separate out a population …
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This paper applies an innovative method to estimate poverty in India in the absence of recent expenditure data. The …
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This paper provides an overview of poverty and well-being trends in India since the mid-1990s. Poverty reduction since … rising) share of the population faces significant risk of slipping back into poverty. India's poor are increasingly … concentrated in low-income states with historically lower rates of economic progress. Even as India has reduced poverty faster than …
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This paper uses panel data to analyze factors that contributed to the rapid decline in poverty in India between 2005 …
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