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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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Verbreitete Armut ist nach wie vor eines der zentralen Probleme der arabischen Entwicklungsländer, das nicht nur auf …, lack the necessary will to alleviate poverty or to re-distribute income vertically. They are much more concerned about …
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we then combine to arrive at estimates of overall poverty from 1970 to 2000. However, data for the last few years of this … that these estimates are worst case estimates of poverty trends after 1995. An alternative, less pessimistic estimate is … to arrive at overall estimates of inequality and poverty; next we discuss the trends in poverty as derived from our data …
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In form of a qualitative single case study this thesis examines what people from industrialized countries such as Germany can learn about sustainability from Lynedoch EcoVillage, South Africa, and the associated 'Sustainability Institute', a non-profit trust based at and operating from Lynedoch...
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This dissertation is based on the hypothesis that a third dimension, namely investmenttime horizon, can add value to the more conventional two-dimensional methodologyof assessing the relative risk and return attributes of various assets and portfolios inorder to enhance investment decisions.This...
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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 … growth model such a type of poverty trap is established as a locally stable steady state. Imperfect capital markets prevent …
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The negative impact of poverty on development and security in South Africa has been exacerbated by high food prices …, poverty alleviation is compatible with running a profitable organisation. …
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notifications of 1340/100 000 in 1996. These suburbs are characterised by overcrowding, high unemployment and poverty. It is … tuberculosis notifications with unemployment and its associated poverty emerged as the strongest association. …
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In the leading chapter of this dissertation, "Unemployment, Vulnerability and Poverty: A New Class of Measures, Its … Axiomatic Properties and Applications," we, Kaushik Basu and myself, derive a new class of measures for unemployment or poverty …. Measures of unemployment and poverty have usually focused solely on those currently unemployed or below the poverty line …
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The scope and extent of home-based businesses and the determination of the method by which the greater portion of household income is generated, in poor neighbourhoods, is the crux ofthis study.The study was undertaken among the 2245 households in the Kleinvlei sub-economic housing area located...
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