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Philippines has not been as inclusive as in the other countries as manifested in the increase in the magnitude of poverty. This … inclusive growth in the Philippines through employment generation for the poor. The manufacturing sector can provide employment … persistence of poverty in the Philippines. To promote inclusive growth and reduce poverty, the manufacturing sector has to be made …
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creates jobs, draws the majority into the economic and social mainstream, and continuously reduces mass poverty. Employment … conditions in Philippine rural labor markets and agriculture can be characterized as casual or informal, with low skill … requirements, with low productivity and returns, and a greater concentration of poverty. This is consistent with a prominent strand …
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While economic growth is important for poverty reduction, the rather stellar performance of the Philippines in economic … growth has still not translated into reduction of poverty. This is in large part due to issues pertaining to distribution … processes. The study looks at trends in various statistics on poverty and income distribution, and then examines how disparities …
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its impact on the living conditions of population in India particularly related rural and agriculture sector. …
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Proposals peddled to address the poverty problem are plenty-and keep growing. At one end of the spectrum are proposals …-growth path is prescribed as all that is needed to lick the poverty problem. At the other end are proposals asserting that the … poverty problem is nothing but a concrete manifestation of gross economic and social inequities. Redistributing wealth and …
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The growth rate of agriculture in Cameroon was estimated at 3.3 percent in 2006, compared with 2.7 percent in 2005 …. This is owing to increased activity in the food agriculture sector (4.3 percent) and in forestry and logging (4.0 percent … agriculture, on the other hand, experienced a slowdown, on the one hand, with a growth rate of –2.3 percent in 2006 compared …
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role of rural non-farm employment in reducing rural poverty in Uttar Pradesh. …Leap frog strategy adopted by India has not relieved the burden of agriculture in absorbing the labor force in state … agriculture sector and it is creating problems of over dependency of workforce on agriculture and unplanned migration to big …
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relationship between trade (exports) and employment and how the relationship reduces poverty through the instrumentality of … employment to reduce poverty, while agricultural trade, particularly exports, are capable of reducing poverty and inequality in … between export trade, employment and poverty reduction in Nigeria. …
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methods that permit year-round employment, expanding immigrant populations in nonmetropolitan counties, and growing concerns … sections on legal status, poverty, housing, and use of social services. …
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exports. It suggests that a comprehensive and high profile services export initiative is needed to establish the Philippines …
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