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Social and Economic Impacts of Rural Road Improvements in the State of Tocantins, Brazil
Iimi, Atsushi - 2015
The aim of this paper is to provide feedback on the question of socioeconomic benefits from rural road development and the impact of transport infrastructure on the poor, particularly the poorest and the bottom 20 percent of the population. This paper relies on impact evaluation methodologies,...
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Do cash transfers foster resilience? : evidence from rural Niger
Premand, Patrick; Stoeffler, Quentin - 2020
Policy makers are increasingly interested in strategies to promote resilience and mitigate the effects of future climatic shocks. Cash transfer programs have had widely documented positive welfare impacts. They often also aim to offer protection against shocks, but their role in fostering...
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Diagnostic Study of Barriers for Strengthening Livelihoods of Low-Income Rural Women in Uzbekistan
Romanova, Ekaterina - 2017
Due to the strong economic growth maintained in the last 15 years, Uzbekistan made progress in reducing gender inequality. At the same time, several demographic and structural challenges remain; and effectively engaging women in the economy is one of them. While modernizing various sectors of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246829
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Jati inequality in rural Bihar
Joshi, Shareen; Kochhar, Nishtha; Rao, Vijayendra - 2018
Caste is a persistent driver of inequality in India, and it is generally analyzed with government-defined broad …
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Of Taps and Toilets : Evaluating Community Demand-Driven Projects in Rural India
World Bank - 2010
, together spanning a range of conditions in rural India: Maharashtra and Orissa. The secondary objectives of the study were to …
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Relief from Usury : Impact of a Community-Based Microcredit Program in Rural India
Hoffmann, Vivian - 2017
the first randomized controlled trial-based evidence on this question. Households in rural Bihar, India, were offered low …
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No One Left Behind : Rural Poverty in Indonesia
World Bank Group - 2020
Indonesia has sustained robust growth over a long period, and this has enabled millions of citizens to move out of poverty. Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP) has risen at an average 5 percent a year since 1990 and 5.3 percent a year after the Asian financial crisis at the end of the...
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Does workfare work well? : the case of the employment generation program for the poorest in Bangladesh
Cho, Yoonyoung; Ruthbah, Ummul - 2018
Evidence on the effectiveness of workfare as an anti-poverty program in developing countries is weak compared with the … evidence building by examining the impact of a large-scale workfare program in Bangladesh, the Employment Generation Program …'s efficiency. Moreover, further evidence is required on the impacts of work experience through workfare on subsequent labor market …
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"She helps me all the time" : underestimating women's economic engagement in rural Honduras
Muller, Miriam; Sousa, Liliana D. - 2020
This study aims to understand women's engagement in economic activities in rural Honduras and why these activities may not be accurately reflected in official statistics. The study finds that women underreport their engagement in economic activities, including production for own consumption,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012240558
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Rural Non-Farm Employment and Household Welfare : Evidence from Malawi
Adjognon, Guigonan Serge - 2017
This paper uses nationally representative panel data and a combination of econometric approaches, to explore linkages between rural non-farm activities (wage and self-employment) and household welfare in rural Malawi. The paper analyzes the average treatment effects and distributional effects on...
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