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This report examines the impact of rural connectivity on poverty, access to basic services, and income in Armenia, a … country which has found itself in a low-growth, low-investment nexus, with stalled poverty reduction. This study attempts to … shed light on the linkages between transport and poverty in Armenia. The rest of the report is structured as follows …
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's fiscal policies also lead to a reduction in poverty, mainly due to well-targeted direct transfers …
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redound to poverty reduction in the island-region. Launched in 2017, the World Bank's Mindanao Jobs Report presented a …
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This poverty assessment focuses on the evolution of poverty and other social indicators in Ethiopia between 2010-11 and …), the poverty assessment documents trends in monetary and non-monetary dimensions of living standards and examines the … drivers of observed trends, with a special focus on government programs. The aim of the poverty assessment is to provide …
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end extreme poverty and enhance shared prosperity. It also identifies priority routes to faster progress. Two critical …
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This poverty assessment focuses on the evolution of poverty and other social indicators in Ethiopia between 2010-11 and …), the poverty assessment documents trends in monetary and non-monetary dimensions of living standards and examines the … drivers of observed trends, with a special focus on government programs. The aim of the poverty assessment is to provide …
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Under what conditions can new technologies enhance the well-being of poor communities? The study designs an alternative evaluation framework (AEF) that applies Amartya Sen's capability approach to the study of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in order to place people's...
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agricultural incomes. Poverty reduction among households primarily engaged in agriculture accounted for 53 percent of the reduction … in poverty from 2006 to 2010 and 77 percent of the reduction in poverty from 2010 to 2013. Despite significant progress … on the twin goals, vulnerability to poverty in Uganda is high and the sparse social safety nets and limited access to …
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translated into modest poverty reduction. Not only poverty fell at slower pace than expected but the gains in income and … poverty rates than rural provinces, particularly those in the central and northern parts of the country. Three factors … could have had a much larger impact on poverty reduction in Mozambique if its effects had not been offset by the observed …
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for economic growth and poverty reduction. Policy makers increasinglyrecognize this but there is a need for a better …
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