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This paper aims to deepen our understanding of the determinants of income inequality in Uganda. Over the past 10 years …, Uganda experienced gradual and sustained economic growth and poverty reduction. The benefits of growth, however, are not … contribution of each income source to overall inequality; (ii) Decomposition of consumption expenditure into subgroups in order to …
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issues fromaccess to education and health services, consumption patterns, to the impact on poverty,inequality, and labor …In recent years, reducing poverty has been a core objective of social policy in Latin America. In2008, the incidence of … poverty reached almost a third of the population, of which 13 percent areclassified as extremely poor. Most Latin American …
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There has been an increasing demand for involving stakeholders in the development of sustainable civil infrastructure systems. It has been acknowledged that one key element of a project is stakeholder involvement. As such, failure to successfully involve the stakeholders of an infrastructure...
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This thesis consists of three empirical chapters related to distributional outcomes, such as poverty and inequality, in … urban inequality.Chapter 3 examines the impacts of the 2001 U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement on provincial poverty … bivariate poverty is lower in Germany than in either the UK or the USA. On the other hand, poverty comparisons between the UK …
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und zu sein, den traditionellen Einkommensansatz. Armut ist im Capability Approach das Unvermögen, ein bestimmtes Minimum … Ungleichheitsfördernder Tausch Armut sinken (oder steigen) lässt, von der Beziehung zwischen den Armutsdimensionen abhängig macht. Diese … der Beurteilung von Armut und Armutstrends die durch die verschiedenen Indices versursacht werden und den hohen Mehrwert …
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in recent decades in the fight against poverty and the reduction of inequality on a global scale, which this century … has been an influential actor in the policies to tackle inequality and poverty worldwide. The historical account of the …
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in recent decades in the fight against poverty and the reduction of inequality on a global scale, which this century … has been an influential actor in the policies to tackle inequality and poverty worldwide. The historical account of the …
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tremendous increase in poverty and income inequality in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Much of the literature argues that the …’s economic empowerment: the labour market, education and poverty. Large and complex data sets on peoples’ attitudes and … aspects and determinants of gender inequality for a great set of transition countries. Pre-1990 OECD countries serve as a …
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Background: Trials in Africa indicate that medical adult male circumcision (MAMC) reduces the risk of HIV by 60%. MAMC may avert 2 to 8 million HIV infections over 20 years in sub-Saharan Africa and cost less than treating those who would have been infected. This paper estimates the financial...
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