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This paper provides a new definition of 'time poverty' as working long hours and having no choice to do otherwise. An … individual is time poor if he/she is working long hours and is also monetary poor, or would fall into monetary poverty if he …/she were to reduce his/her working hours below a given time poverty line. Thus being time poor results from the combination of …
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cereals as well as for milk, sugar and vegetable oils could lead to a substantial increase in poverty in many of the countries …. At the same time, the data suggest that the magnitude of the increase in poverty between different countries is likely to … be different. Finally, the data suggest that a large share of the increase in poverty will consist of deeper levels of …
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substantial increase in poverty, with the increase in the price of rice having by far the largest negative impact. "--World Bank …
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"When assessing the impact of changes in food prices on poverty, it is important to consider food producers (who may … increase in the price of rice will result in higher poverty in the country as a whole (even if some local producers will gain … from this increase), while a reduction in price will reduce poverty. Furthermore, because rice represents a large share of …
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"Many countries have been affected by food and oil price shocks. Rising energy costs have manifested themselves through higher prices of gas at the pump and through price increases for many other goods such as kerosene and transport. But in some countries there has also been some degree of...
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, and other cereals would together lead to an increase in poverty, but that by contrast to a number of other countries, this …
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