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Would a Legal Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty? A Micro-simulation Study for Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - In: Journal of Income Distribution 18 (2009) 3-4, pp. 131-151
In view of rising poverty rates, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has become an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide minimum wage of 7.50e per hour based on a micro-simulation model accounting for interactions between wages, the...
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A framework for assessing impacts of community-based enterprises on poverty reduction: a case study in northern Thailand
Terrakul, Nuttamon; Villano, Renato A.; Wood, Fiona; … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2010
Poverty alleviation remains a challenge for Thailand’s socio-economic development. A key strategy of the Thai government to help meet this challenge at the ‘grass roots’ level has been the promotion of Community-Based Enterprises (CBEs). And national statistics and descriptive studies have...
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Agricultural Technology, Crop Income, and Poverty Alleviation in Uganda
Kassie, Menale; Shiferaw, Bekele; Muricho, Geoffrey - In: World Development 39 (2011) 10, pp. 1784-1795
This paper evaluates the ex post impact of adopting improved groundnut varieties on crop income and poverty in rural Uganda. The study utilizes cross-sectional data of 927 households, collected in 2006, from seven districts in Uganda. Using propensity score matching methods, we find that...
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India's economy amidst the global economic crisis
Giri, Amit Kumar; Sinha, Babita - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 8 (2014) 2, pp. 205-226
unprecedented fall in output, trade and employment since 2008; and India's economy is no exception. This study with the available … sources of data finds that the decoupling hypothesis regarding Indian economy failed and India's economy too is in the grip of … crisis. However, the moderation in India's economy growth rate during the crisis period is more due to the weakness in the …
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Frontier Issues on the Global Agenda- Emerging Economy Perspective
Subbarao, Duvvuri - eSocialSciences - 2011
The article is a report of RBI Minister Duvvuri Subbarao on issuesing concerning the G-20 countries and also issues effecting all the countries collectively.
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A study on SHGs demographic analysis, microfinance loan utilisation pattern and socio-economic performance of MFIs in India
Alagawadi, Mallikarjuna V.; Surayya, Teki - In: International Journal of Education Economics and Development 2 (2011) 3, pp. 260-287
investors and donors, both domestic and international. In India many microfinance institutions (MFIs) have come into being …
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Access to Banking Services and Poverty Reduction: A State-wise Assessment in India
Bhandari, Amit. K. - eSocialSciences - 2009
poorest sections of the society. In India, financial inclusion emphasizes to include maximum number of people under formal …
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The Economics of Milk Production in Orissa, India, with particular Emphasis on Small-scale Producers
Saha, Amit; Garcia, Otto; Hemme, Torsten - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations - 2004
in India, and to evaluate the prospects for improving the dairy income for small-scale producers, which currently form …
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The Trade-Off Among Carbon Emissions, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in India
Ojha, Vijay Prakash - eSocialSciences - 2007
emission permits regime on carbon emissions, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and poverty, in India. The results, based a … are transferred to the poor. A soft emission reduction target is all that India needs to set for itself, given that even a … India to sell surplus permits. India would then be able to use the revenues from permits to speed up GDP growth and poverty …
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Inclusive Growth in Andhra Pradesh: Challenges in Agriculture, Poverty, Social Sector and Regional Disparities
Dev, S. Mahendra - eSocialSciences - 2008
The important elements of inclusive growth are: agricultural growth, employment generation and poverty reduction, social sector (health and education) and reduction in regional and other disparities. This paper focuses on these four elements of inclusive growth. It suggests several policies for...
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