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On "hunger and public action" : a review article on the book by Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen
Ravallion, Martin - In: The World Bank research observer 7 (1992) 1, pp. 1-16
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A poor means test? : econometric targeting in Africa
Brown, Caitlin; Ravallion, Martin; Van de Walle, Dominique - In: Journal of development economics 134 (2018), pp. 109-124
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A poor means test? : econometric targeting in Africa
Brown, Caitlin; Ravallion, Martin; Van de Walle, Dominique - 2016
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Are There Lessons For Africa From China's Success Against Poverty?
Ravallion, Martin - 2008
At the outset of China's reform period, the country had a far higher poverty rate than for Africa as a whole. Within … persisted due to failed and unpopular policies. While acknowledging that Africa faces constraints that China did not, and that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521295
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Intergenerational mobility and interpersonal inequality in an African economy
Lambert, Sylvie; Ravallion, Martin; Van de Walle, Dominique - In: Journal of development economics 110 (2014), pp. 327-344
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Are there lessons for Africa from China's success against poverty?
Ravallion, Martin (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003626173
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Are Poor Individuals Mainly Found in Poor Households? Evidence using Nutrition Data for Africa
Brown, Caitlin S. - 2017
assumption. Our comprehensive assessment for sub-Saharan Africa reveals that undernourished women and children are spread widely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453666
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Are There Lessons for Africa from China's Success Against Poverty?
Ravallion, Martin - 2016
At the outset of China's reform period, the country had a far higher poverty rate than for Africa as a whole. Within … persisted due to failed and unpopular policies. While acknowledging that Africa faces constraints that China did not, and that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747483
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Are There Lessons for Africa from China's Success Against Poverty?
Ravallion, Martin - 2012
At the outset of China's reform period, the country had a far higher poverty rate than for Africa as a whole. Within … persisted due to failed and unpopular policies. While acknowledging that Africa faces constraints that China did not, and that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552272
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A Poor Means Test? Econometric Targeting in Africa
Brown, Caitlin - 2016
Proxy-means testing is a popular method of poverty targeting with imperfect information. In a now widely-used version, a regression for log consumption calibrates a proxy-means test score based on chosen covariates, which is then implemented for targeting out-of-sample. In this paper, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012977626