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The majority of the world's poor, by income poverty and multi-dimensional poverty, now live in countries officially … ending aid. In light of this, this paper considers two competing perspectives on this changing pattern of global poverty: the … mutually exclusive, is that global poverty is gradually in the process of 'nationalizing', at least in terms of resources …
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needed. -- biofuels ; economic development ; food security ; poverty ; Africa …
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been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack …
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indicators that were not affected negatively by the economic crisis were labour earnings, the poverty indices, and household per …
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that episode. The unemployment rate fell between 2000 and 2012. The composition of employment by occupational groups … poverty and inequality indicators decreased substantially between 2000 and 2012. The only negative impact of the international … crisis of 2008 was an interruption in the declining trend of unemployment. …
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negatively by the crisis, and labour earnings and poverty indicators had not recovered their pre-crisis levels by 2012. …
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. Comparing 2000 with 2012, many unfavourable developments were seen. Among them: an increase in unemployment; worsening in the … employment composition by occupation and position; a substantial fall in labour earnings; and no progress in reducing poverty …
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. The international crisis had substantial negative effects on the economic growth rate, unemployment, poverty, and … and 2010 - 12 (the series with comparable data). However, the unemployment rate increased in both periods, the mix of … employment by occupations polarized from 2010 to 2012, and some poverty and inequality indicators increased from 2010 to 2012 …
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educational level of the employed population. All poverty and inequality indicators exhibited an erratic behaviour over time, but …
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This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the empirical evidence about inequality during the colonial period as well as the post-independence era. Then it discusses the forces that determine inequality change, focusing on...
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