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THE GROWING THREAT OF GLOBAL POVERTY: The Case of Africa

Böbel, Ingo - EconWPA - 2005

The goal is to try to give inputs on a global problem: eradicating poverty on a global scale. That is, to find evidence … and discuss complex problems regarding cronic poverty, a major source of instability in our world today, and to put … population in poverty and also the greatest depth of poverty. Questions that will be explored and addressed are, among others …

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The rural non-farm economy and poverty alleviation in Armenia, Georgia and Romania: A synthesis of findings.

Davis, Junior; Bezemer, Dirk; Janowski, Monica; … - EconWPA - 2005

The aims of this study are to improve understanding of the dynamics of the rural non-farm economy in providing employment and income diversification opportunities in Armenia, Georgia and Romania. The study aims to focus on improving the well-being and livelihoods of the rural population, through...

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The rural non-agricultural economy in transition countries: Enterprise level findings from Armenia

Bezemer, Dirk; Davis, Junior - EconWPA - 2005

motivation of the research is to study the potential of the NFRE to alleviate rural poverty, selection criteria included poverty …

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Slavery, Statehood and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Bezemer, Dirk; Bolt, Jutta; Lenzink, Robert - 2012

This paper addresses the long-term impact of Sub-Saharan Africa's indigenous systems of slavery on its political and economic development, based on an analytical survey of the literature and data collected from anthropological records. We develop a theory to account for this based on the...

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Slavery, Statehood and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Bezemer, Dirk; Bolt, Jutta; Lenzink, Robert - African Economic History Network - 2012

This paper addresses the long-term impact of Sub-Saharan Africa’s indigenous systems of slavery on its political and economic development, based on an analytical survey of the literature and data collected from anthropological records. We develop a theory to account for this based on the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896617