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Since the mid-1970s, the tropical savanna, known as Cerrado, has been transformed into one of the world's largest grain-growing regions. This book explores how and by what Brazil achieved inclusive and sustainable growth in the Cerrado.
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, aggravating poverty among those they are purported to help and highlighting some of the dangers of neoliberal globalization for …
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investment? Diaspora Contribution to Poverty Alleviation in Francophone West Africa; Dieu Hack-Polay -- Part II. Management of …?; Olu Aluko & Walter Mswaka -- 8. Diaspora Businesses in Africa: Survival and Sustainability; Sombo Muzata Chunda -- 9 …
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goal of ending poverty in the country. In its nine chapters, it takes the readers through trends and estimates of poverty … in India, explains changes in the way it has been measured over time and the factors that lead to persistence of poverty …, draws attention to the fact that hunger is both a cause and an effect of poverty and has gender and age dimensions too. The …
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econometric and statistical techniques. The authors address and identify the extent of poverty in Afghanistan over the years, the … spatial patterns and regional imbalances of poverty in Afghanistan, the distinguishing characteristics of the poor in … the poor in development processes and to successfully cope with poverty and its adverse outcomes. This short book will be …
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This book explores the issue of poverty reduction within mainland Southeast Asia with a specific focus on the impact of … success in poverty reduction has come about largely through innovation in the private sector, foreign investment and the move …, to reduce poverty in the region …
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is an urgent need for this type of endeavor: whether the goal is to reduce poverty or to protect the environment, we need … and systematic planning, migration may fail to reduce poverty, and could even aggravate it. The rapid economic growth in …
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This study systematically investigates the development process, major characteristics and weak links of China's poverty … alleviation experience, and conducts a comparative analysis of poverty alleviation cases. It also accurately presents the internal … logic and core elements of China's poverty alleviation theory, and taking the Chinese experience of poverty alleviation …
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panel data for 2003−2007. The period covered by this book coincides with the unexpected reversal of the poverty trend … observed in 2006 to the present which raised a question of vulnerability to poverty of Mexican households that had emerged from … poverty in the early 2000s under a stable economic condition. The author applies different methodologies in defining …
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The study of poverty dynamics is important for effective poverty alleviation policies because the changes in income … poverty are also accompanied by changes in socioeconomic factors such as literacy, gender parity in school, health care …, infant mortality, and asset holdings. In order to examine the dynamics of poverty, information from 1,212 households in 32 …
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