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Understanding the impact of the economic crisis on child and maternal health among the poor : opportunities for South Asia

Abdul Cader, Azra; Perera, Lakwimashi - 2011

the poor and vulnerable. Addressing child and maternal health issues within the context of the economic crisis is one key … countries, child and maternal health-related indicators tend to be disturbing despite the rapid growth rates in many of these … maternal health and pre/post natal care remains poor. This paper presents an overview of child and maternal health in the South …

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The nutrition transition and the intra-household double burden of malnutrition in India

Dang, Archana; Meenakshi, J. V. - 2017

, even as childhood undernutrition remains a public health problem. These have important consequences for the design of … public health systems, especially in rural India. At the same time, the intra-household dual burden of malnutrition is also …

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Financial literacy and poverty reduction : the case of Indonesia

Askar, Media Wahyudi; Ouattara, Bazoumana; Zhang, Yin-Fang - 2020

Given its role in affecting financial behavior, financial literacy has received considerable attention from researchers and policy makers alike. This paper employs data from a nationally representative survey in Indonesia to investigate the impact of financial literacy on poverty, which is a...

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Patterns of inclusive growth in developing Asia : insights from an enhanced growth-poverty elasticity analysis

Habito, Cielito F. - 2009

The primary objective of this research is to identify key factors that explain the observed wide variation in patterns of inclusiveness of economic growth - defined here as gross domestic product (GDP) growth that leads to significant poverty reduction - in Asia. In exploring this relationship,...

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Can Asia sustain an export-led growth strategy in the aftermath of the global crisis? : an empirical exploration

Razmi, Arslan; Hernández, Gonzalo - 2011

Many developing countries have attempted to pursue the East Asian growth model in recent decades. This model is widely perceived to have been based on export-led growth. Given that developed countries are likely to grow at a slower rate and be less willing to run trade deficits in the...

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Climate change mitigation and green growth in developing Asia

Howes, Stephen; Wyrwoll, Paul - 2012

Developing Asia is the driver of today's emissions intensive global economy. As the principle source of future emissions, the region is critical to the task of global climate change mitigation. Reflecting this global reality and a range of related domestic issues, the governments of the People's...

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Macroeconomic effects of oil price fluctuations on emerging and developed economies in a model incorporating monetary variables

Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad; Yoshino, Naoyuki - 2015

The goal of this paper is to examine the impact of crude oil price movements on two macro variables, the gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate and the consumer price index (CPI) inflation rate, in three countries, the People's Republic of China (an emerging economy), Japan, and the United...

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Trade, poverty eradication, and the sustainable development goals

Brambilla, Irene; Porto, Guido G. - 2016

This paper investigates if trade can help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of poverty eradication using microeconomic and macroeconomic mechanisms and the effects of trade and trade policy on consumer prices, producer prices, and wages. As these mechanisms affect the real...

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Middle-class composition and growth in middle-income countries

Riana, Razafimandimby Andrianjaka - 2017

The impact of the expansion of the middle class in developing countries has been widely investigated in recent years. The middle class is generally apprehended by its overall demographic size, which, we believe, may hide crucial features and differences across nations because the composition of...

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International remittances and poverty reduction : evidence from Asian developing countries

Yoshino, Naoyuki; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad; Otsuka, Miyu - 2017

International remittances represent the second most important source of external funding for developing countries after foreign direct investment (FDI). This paper examines the impact of international remittances on poverty reduction using the panel data of 10 Asian developing countries. In...

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