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Social, political, and economic considerations for securing the land and well-being of the urban poor and achieving the sustainable development goals in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Brugman, Johanna - 2019

This paper presents the results of a case study of one informal settlement in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, subject to titling under Systematic Land Registration (SLR) since 2009. The paper discusses the complexities around land titling programs in securing land tenure security and the well-being of...

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Urbanization, inequality, and poverty in the People's Republic of China

Zhang, Yuan - 2016

Relying on the present literature, official statistics, and household survey data in the People's Republic of China, this paper summarizes research findings on the relationship between urbanization, urban-rural inequality, and poverty, and provides further empirical evidence on the role of...

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Poverty and ethnicity in Asian countries

Gradín, Carlos - 2016

This paper compares the extent and the nature of the higher prevalence of poverty among disadvantaged ethnic groups in six Asian countries using demographic surveys. We first estimate a composite wealth index as a proxy for economic status, and analyze the magnitude of the ethnic gap in absolute...

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Gender, entrepreneurship and coping with the COVID-19 pandemic : the case of GoFood Merchants in Indonesia

Elhan-Kayalar, Yesim; Sawada, Yasuyuki; Rodgers, Yana - 2022

service. Three empirical findings emerge: First, the overall employment size of women-owned businesses shrank more than men …-owned businesses after the pandemic outbreak; second, women were more likely than men to cut personal expenditures and use government … service areas of both incumbents and entrants shrinking over time. These results have implications for policies on women …

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Trade and women

Shepherd, Ben; Stone, Susan F. - 2017

This paper studies the impact of migrant children on their parents' occupation choice and wage income using a dataset from a household survey conducted in 2011. We find that the heads of migrant households with school-age children earn significantly less than those who left them at their place...

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When globalization meets urbanization : labor market reform, income inequality, and economic growth in the People's Republic of China

Lu, Ming; Gao, Hong - 2009

The development path that the People's Republic of China (PRC) has been following during the past thirty years has led to both internal and external economic imbalances, and is now greatly challenged by the global crisis. This unbalanced growth path was primarily a result of the PRC's labor...

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Old Europe ages : can it still prosper?

Börsch-Supan, Axel; Ludwig, Alexander - 2009

Population aging will be a major determinant of long-run economic development in industrial and developing countries. The extent of the demographic changes is dramatic in some countries and will deeply affect future labor, financial and goods markets. The expected strain on public budgets and...

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Impacts of current global economic crisis on Asia's labor market

Phu Huynh; Kapsos, Steven; Kim, Kee Beom; Sziraczki, Gyorgy - 2010

The paper investigates the labor market and social impacts of the global financial and economic crisis in Asia and the Pacific as well as national policy responses to the crisis. It draws on recent macroeconomic, trade, production, investment, and remittances data to assess the employment and...

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Can trade help achieve the employment targets of the sustainable development goals?

Vandenberg, Paul - 2017

The paper asks whether trade can help to achieve the employment targets of the Sustainable Development Goals. The focus is on Goal 8, which is to "promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all." The theoretical and empirical links...

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The fate of job creation in the Philippines amid the automation revolution : a firm-level analysis

Gaspar, Raymond; Harris, Nicholas - 2020

Using the World Bank's Enterprise Survey for the Philippines, our analysis found that, on average, firms that deployed partial or full automation in their operations were more likely to hire more workers than fewer relative to their counterpart firms. These results suggest a net positive...

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