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Structural change and poverty reduction in Brazil : the impact of the DOHA round
Mauricio - 2006
"Over the medium time horizon, skill upgrading, differentials in sectoral technological progress, and migration of labor out of farming activities are some of the major structural adjustment factors shaping the evolution of an economy and its connected poverty trends. The main focus of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522227
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Scaling-up microfinance for India's rural poor
Basu, Priya - 2005
key microfinance approaches in India, taking a close look at the most dominant among these, the Self Help Group (SHG) Bank …: India's rural poor currently have very little access to finance from formal sources. Microfinance approaches have tried to … microfinance approaches to coexist. Private sector microfinanciers need to acquire greater professionalism, and the government can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522554
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Reaching the Millennium Development Goals : Mauritania should care
Bocchi, Alessandro Magnoli (contributor) - 2008
"Mauritania is a resource-rich developing country. As many other African nations, it will not reach most of the Millennium Development Goals, unless the authorities commit to accelerating progress. To succeed by 2015, the government needs to: mobilize additional financial resources, introduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521085
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Micro-finance and poverty : evidence using panel data from Bangladesh
Khandker, Shahidur R. - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523487
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Rural finance for growth and poverty alleviation in Pakistan
Qureshi, Saeed Ahmad - 1996
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The developing world is poorer than we thought, but no less successful in the fight against poverty
Chen, Shaohua - 2008
"The paper presents a major overhaul to the World Bank's past estimates of global poverty, incorporating new and better data. Extreme poverty-as judged by what "poverty" means in the world's poorest countries-is found to be more pervasive than we thought. Yet the data also provide robust...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521056
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Poverty alleviation and child labor
Edmonds, Eric V. - 2008
"Does child labor decrease as household income rises? This question has important implications for the design of policy on child labor. This paper focuses on a program of unconditional cash transfers in Ecuador. It argues that the effect of a small increase in household income on child labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521057
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Conditional cash transfers, adult work incentives, and poverty
Skoufias, Emmanuel - 2006
"Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs aim to alleviate poverty through monetary and in-kind benefits, as well as reduce future levels of poverty by encouraging investments in education, health, and nutrition. The success of CCT programs at reducing poverty depends on whether, and the extent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522089
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Integrated urban upgrading for the poor : the experience of Ribeira Azul, Brazil
Baker, Judy L. - 2006
"This study looks at the experience of integrated urban upgrading in a low-income neighborhood of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Infrastructure and social investments have been made in the community through a government program, with community participation playing a major role in the design and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522199
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Pending issues in protection, productivity growth, and poverty reduction
Arias, Omar (contributor) - 2005
"This paper selectively synthesizes much of the research on Latin American and Caribbean labor markets in recent years. Several themes emerge that are particularly relevant to ongoing policy dialogues. First, labor legislation matters, but markets may be less segmented than previously thought....
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