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Migration, Remittances, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction: Reflections on Some South Asian Developments

Ballard, Roger - 2005

This report presents a global account of the historical relationship between migration, industrialization and economic growth, and then goes on to present an empirical examination of the dynamics immigration from Mirpur (Pakistan) and Jullundur (India) to the UK. It closes by considering the...

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Soziale Sicherung und informeller Sektor : Stand der theoretischen Diskussion und kritische Analyse der Situation in den arabischen Ländern unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Kl...

Loewe, Markus - 2004

Verbreitete Armut ist nach wie vor eines der zentralen Probleme der arabischen Entwicklungsländer, das nicht nur auf begrenzte Erwerbsmöglichkeiten und geringe Einkommen zurückgeht. Große Teile der Bevölkerung verarmen auch deshalb immer wieder, weil sie keinen adäquaten Zugang zu...

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Monetary Valuation of the Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPs): Does it Contribute to Determine a Sustainable Management of Those Resources?

Lescuyer, Guillaume - 1996

rural village population in the East Cameroon. The village of Goute, where the survey is being achieved, is surrounded by a …

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Rent Seeking in the Cameroon Economy: Krueger's Analytic Technique Helps to Account for Development Lag in Colonial States

DeLorme, Charles D.; Kamerschen, David R.; Mbaku, John M. - 1986

costs of monopoly. In a developing country such as Cameroon, where government activity in the economy has been quite …

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What is the Price Elasticity of Waiting Time for Taxis in Yaoundé, Cameroon?

Gilmartin, Patrick - 2008

looks at the essentially-deregulated taxi system in place in Yaoundé, Cameroon, which has endogenously developed around a …

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Kreditrisiko und Kreditmanagement von Gesch??tsbanken: - die F??lle Kamerun und Frankreich -

Messa Ndo, Jean Guillaume - 2005

einer Gesch??ftsbank im Entwicklungsland Kamerun analysiert. Im ersten Teil der Arbeit werden die Rahmenbedingungen in …-Teil beziehen. Den Abschluss der Arbeit bildet die Diskussion einiger Sonderprobleme aus meinem Heimatland Kamerun. … and the Cameroon banking as developping country. The material is divided into three Parts. In the first Part a description …

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How to Overcome Poverty Traps by Education

Siemers, Lars-Hinrich Rudolf - 2004

The thesis addresses the question of how poverty can be overcome by education. The starting point is the following type of poverty trap: poverty forces parents to send their children to work to secure the survival of the household. Due to child labor, children do not attend school and do not...

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Regulation of the Electricity Industry in Bolivia: Its Impact on Access to the Poor, Prices and Quality

Bojanic, Antonio; Krakowski, Michael - 2003

This paper takes stock with the results of utility privatization in Bolivia. This paper deals with the process of structural reforms in this country and the specific results that have to date been accomplished in the electricity industry. It is mostly interested in exploring whether the...

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Off-Grid Electricity Access and its Impact on Micro-Enterprises: Evidence from Rural Uganda.

Muhoro, Peter N. - 2010

The history of development shows convincingly that no country has substantially reduced poverty without massively increasing the use of electricity. The development of micro-enterprises in rural areas of Uganda is linked with increased access and useof electricity services. In this study, I...

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Does Employment Generation Really Matter for Poverty Reduction?

Paci, Pierella - 2007

In this paper we analyze whether the employment/productivity profile of growth as wellas its sectoral pattern matter for poverty reduction. We also identify some conditions of the labor market which are associated with employment intensive growth or specific sectoral growth.We find that, in the...

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