alienability, and identifies the possibility of a reverse structural change where the share of nonagricultural employment declines … on manufacturing and services employment, rural wages, and per capita household consumption. The evidence on the … disaggregated occupational choices suggests that land restrictions increase wage employment in agriculture, but reduce it in …

This paper studies the impact of migration on poverty, expenditures, and labor market outcomes in Nepal. Between 2001 …-in-difference methods. The findings show that increases in migration to Gulf-Malaysia explain 40 percent of the decline in poverty between …

In Latin America, labor markets have been the main channel through which growth has reduced poverty, with higher labor … income accounting for 49 percent of the reduction in poverty in 2008?13. Understanding labor markets is critical to designing … policies and programs aimed at reducing poverty. With close to 70 percent of the population under age 30 years, labor markets …

productivity across cities and industries in Cameroon. Emphasizing the link between micro-foundations and the data, the paper …

The Government of Cameroon has declared poverty reduction through strong and sustainable economic growth the central … employment, access to credit, education, and urban residence are characteristics that bring significantly high returns to … households. Employment in smallholder agriculture has a negative impact on welfare across quantiles. Economic growth was …

Many investments in infrastructure are built on the belief that they will ineluctably lead to poverty reduction and … Cameroon case study, this paper demonstrates that investing uniformly in tarred roads in Africa is likely to have a much lower … impact on poverty than expected. Isolation from a tarred road is found to have no direct impact on consumption expenditures …

The aim of this paper is to assess the possible impacts of the Doha Round of negotiations on poverty in Cameroon …. During the recent period of economic recovery, Cameroon has enjoyed a sharp decline in poverty with the headcount index … Cameroon. For the whole country, the estimate of the net number of people who are lifted out of poverty is 22,000 following …

Cameroon is engaged in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) process, which emphasizes increased focus on poverty … reduction in the design and implementation of growth and adjustment strategies. The Integrated Macroeconomic Model for Poverty … process and quantifying poverty reduction strategies. Drawing on that framework, this paper provides a detailed financial …

, the poverty rate, or the incidence of regular wage employment. The results suggest that the highways caused an increase in …-in-difference method. The results suggest that the highways shifted employment from the farm to the nonfarm sector, and that this shift was …

-farm wage employment and non-farm self-employment are welfare improving and poverty reducing. However, households at the lower … between rural non-farm activities (wage and self-employment) and household welfare in rural Malawi. The paper analyzes the … through which non-farm employment might improve the welfare of rural households. Although participation in non-farm activities …