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, decreasing the Gini inequality index by 21 percentage points, and the official measure of poverty incidence by 27.6 percentage …
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This paper outlines changes that have been made in the 2019 version of the Health Equity and Financial Protection Indicators database. On the financial protection side, the changes include an increase in the number of indicators from five to 14; revisions to several previous data points,...
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.3 million people (nearly 1 percent of the world's poor) into poverty …
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This note shows that based on headcount poverty rates, at the household level, households with elderly members are …
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poverty and economic exclusion. He states that the environmental challenge is a fundamental threat to economic development and … the fight against poverty in the world. He believes that assuring growth is inclusive is both a moral imperative and a … toward these goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity, we have the opportunity to create a world for …
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the vulnerable, and to preserve our planet for future generations. He talks about the report "Poverty in a Rising Africa … improving people's lives, and contributed in many countries, such as Ghana, to major reductions in poverty. He talks about the … extreme poverty in the country. He commends Ghana that has invested in its people, specifically in education in most parts of …
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The Philippines is home to around twenty five million of the 2.3 billion people worldwide who lack access to a basic sanitation service. Poor sanitation has enormous economic and human costs. The spread of water-borne diseases, for instance, results in billions of dollars in costs to the...
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In principle, the efficiency of poverty-oriented social programs can be increased dramatically through "targeting" an … eliminate poverty at less than 10% the cost of development programs that do not discriminate between poor and rich. No …
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are affected, and (c) the implications for food security and poverty in the RUK region. The results from the analysis …
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