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Inégalité et bien-être social
Wodon, Quentin; Yitzhaki, Shlomo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy Sourcebook. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005620107
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Desigualdad y bienestar social
Wodon, Quentin; Yitzhaki, Shlomo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy Sourcebook. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621726
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Institutions, Social Networks, and Conflicts in Guinea-Bissau: Results from a 2005 Survey
Gacitua-Mario, Estanislao; Aasland, Sigrun; Nordang, Hakon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
result of the conflict, as well as a lack of improvement since then, at least for those in poverty who are highly vulnerable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835609
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Les plus pauvres bénéficient-ils des aides sociales? Le cas des aides à l’énergie
Mulquin, Marie-Eve; Wodon, Quentin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1998
This paper shows that in Belgium, programs to prevent electricity cuts among the poor often do not reach the poorest. This is less because the poorest cannot benefit from the programs (if they apply, they almost always are granted benefits) than because they often fail to apply for the programs....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836211
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Rwanda: Electricity Tariff Reform
Angel-Urdinola, Diego; Cosgrove-Davies, Malcolm; Wodon, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
incidence and poverty impact of policy proposals. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837108
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Do faith-inspired health care providers in Africa reach the poor more than other providers?
Olivier, Jill; Tsimpo, Clarence; Wodon, Quentin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Faith-inspired institutions (FIIs) commonly have as their stated mission a desire to provide quality health services to all, and in particular a commitment to serve the poor, for example, by providing services in remote areas where there are none, or by making services more affordable for those...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260037
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Working Long Hours and Having No Choice: Time Poverty in Guinea
Bardasi, Elena; Wodon, Quentin - In: Feminist Economics 16 (2010) 3, pp. 45-78
This contribution provides a new definition of time poverty as working long hours without choice because an individual …'s household is poor or would be at risk of falling into poverty if the individual reduced her working hours below a certain time-poverty … line. Time poverty is thus understood as the lack of enough time for rest and leisure after accounting for the time that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008691485
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Mapping religious health assets: are faith-inspired facilities located in poor areas in Ghana?
Coulombe, Harold; Wodon, Quentin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
data from the Ministry of Health. Using poverty mapping techniques and simple regression analysis, this paper aims to … Christians, or in areas that have a high proportion of the population living in poverty? It appears that the location of CHAG … facilities is correlated today more with the share of Catholics living in specific districts than with the level of poverty in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108896
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Does the Impact of Remittances on Poverty and Human Development Depend on the Climate of Receiving Areas?
Joseph, George; Wodon, Quentin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
weather data to measure the impact of remittances, both domestic and international, on poverty and human development outcomes … impact of remittances on measures of poverty and malnutrition is also found to be stronger in districts that are affected by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109103
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Thrift Stores Funding Food Pantries: A Win-Win Strategy for Nonprofits Serving the Poor?
Wodon, Divya; Wodon, Naina; Wodon, Quentin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
In recent years, nonprofits have started operating thrift stores to reinvest earnings from the stores’ sales in other programs for the poor. Martha’s Table, a nonprofit in Washington DC, has adopted such a strategy. It operates Martha’s Outfitters, a thrift store which provides clothing at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109676