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poverty in Nepal of local and international migration for work. They apply an instrumental variable approach to deal with … observed and counterfactual household expenditure distribution. The results indicate that one-fifth of the poverty reduction in … Nepal occurring between 1995 and 2004 can be attributed to increased levels of work-related migration and remittances sent …
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poverty is critical to designing policies aimed at building resilience and contributing toward the goal of ending poverty … that Somalia experienced in 2016/17 on poverty, hunger, and consumption. The analysis uses a regression framework to … took place before and during the drought, for identification. The drought is found to have a sizable effect on poverty …
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This paper addresses whether microcredit participants in Bangladesh are trapped in poverty and debt, as many critics …, invest in children's schooling, and be lifted out of poverty. This is not to say that non-participants have failed to … of poverty reduction have been higher for participants. Testing the net effect of microcredit programs requires applying …
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energy poverty line. The paper finds that although the use of both traditional (biomass energy burned in conventional stoves … poverty line, the paper finds that some 58 percent of rural households in Bangladesh are energy poor, compared with 45 percent … biomass use can lower energy poverty in a climate-friendly way by reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Reducing energy poverty …
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local politicians, public works aiming to maximize their impact on poverty should rely on an objective and transparent …
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brought about by migration and remittances on Nepal's Himalayan forests. The authors assemble a unique village-panel dataset …
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The Nepal Poverty Alleviation Fund is a World Bank supported community-driven development program. Its objective is to …
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Nepal made remarkable progress in poverty reduction between 1995 and 2010, a period coinciding with a decade … as instrumental to lifting the living conditions of Nepal's impoverished rural areas, a bulk of the observed poverty … reduction has come as a result of exogenous improvements in economic opportunities for poor Nepalis outside Nepal's borders …
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. Furthermore, in the communities most affected by the El Ni?o drought, the likelihood of falling into poverty was 14.4 percent …
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This paper provides evidence on the effects of agricultural productivity on wage rates, labor supply to market oriented activities, and labor allocation between own farming and wage labor in agriculture. To guide the empirical work, this paper develops a general equilibrium model that...
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