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The welfare effects of financial inclusion in Ghana : an exploration based on a multidimensional measure of financial inclusion
Iddrisu, Abdul Malik; Danquah, Michael - 2021
financial inclusion would be important in the quest to reduce the incidence of poverty and vulnerability as well as inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650895
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Legal empowerment and group-based inequality
Gisselquist, Rachel M. - 2018
Legal empowerment has become widely accepted in development policy circles as an approach to addressing poverty and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011808903
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Socio-economic development in South Asia : the past 50 years
Osmani, Siddiqur Rahman - 2018
economy of the region and also looks ahead to identify the major challenges that remain - focusing on Bangladesh, Pakistan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011913065
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Poverty trends in Pakistan
Nazli, Hina; Whitney, Edward; Mahrt, Kristi - 2015
The official estimates of poverty in Pakistan have shown a remarkable and consistent decline in the poverty headcount … during the previous decade. This paper examines trends in poverty between 2001 and 2011 using the official food energy intake … and the cost of basic needs approaches, both of which are modified to allow poverty lines to vary over time and space. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411202
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Gender, Islam, and law
Bowen, John Richard - 2017
This paper considers arguments about Islam and women's welfare, and, at greater length, how legal systems with Islamic elements treat women, with a focus on how women fare in Islamic family courts. Key methodological issues include how to focus on real-world views and practices rather than only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011672098
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The ethnographic approach to social mobility
Vaid, Divya - 2020
The ethnographic approach has much to contribute to our understanding of social mobility. This paper provides a discussion on ethnography as a method and approach to writing and description, and reviews some ways in which themes related to social mobility in the developing world have been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012174010
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Language and student learning : evidence from an ethnographic study in Mozambique
Chimbutane, Feliciano; Reinikka, Ritva - 2023
This ethnographic study explores the implementation of bilingual education in Mozambique: how it is understood, adapted, and resisted by school directors, teachers, and local officials. Bilingual education uses local languages in early grades before a gradual shift into Portuguese, which most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014280639
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Thirty years in Africa's development : from structural adjustment to structural transformation?
Addison, Tony - 2015
been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011396968
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Child deprivation and income poverty in Ghana
Kofinti, Raymond Elikplim; Annim, Samuel Kobina - 2015
This study assesses temporal and spatial distribution of child deprivation and income poverty using the fifth and sixth … deprivation of children aged 7 to 17 years, and the outcomes were compared to the incidence of income poverty. The analyses reveal … areas; and differences in regional rankings of deprivation and income poverty. Distinct policies for child deprivation and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011428169
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The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s : Argentina country study
Cruces, Guillermo; Fields, Gary S.; Jaume, David; … - 2015
Argentina experienced a decline in the early years of the 2000s, from 2000 to 2002, in GDP and in most labour market indicators, followed by improvements in nearly all of them, tracing out a U-shaped pattern. The international crisis of 2008 impacted negatively only on the unemployment rate and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333375