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. One important pathway is through remittances, which contribute to income directly but also help to reduce risk and …
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reduction in the transaction costs of remittances. We follow the introduction of mobile money for the first time in rural …, where we observe lower agricultural activity and investment. At the same time, remittances received and welfare of rural …
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, respectively. We investigated whether deployment, remittances, and foreign direct investment (FDI) flows are inclusive given the … impulses emanating from deployment, remittances, and FDI flows. Empirical results revealed the following key findings: (1 …) deployment, remittances, and FDI flows are not inclusive because it worsens the situation in the agricultural sector; (2 …
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Women are under-acknowledged participants in Africa's agriculture and food sector, supplying a large share of the labour, but facing significant obstacles, including unequal access to land, traditional division of labour, restrictions on mobility, unequal educational attainment, financial...
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collecting data for 21 member states for up to 4 years between 2015 and 2018. We find that the extent of payment inequality among … CAP beneficiaries differs among member states and that old member states generally tend to exhibit lower inequality while … new member states tend to suffer from higher inequality. Specifically, Gini coefficients are lowest in Belgium, Finland …
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Philippines has not been as inclusive as in the other countries as manifested in the increase in the magnitude of poverty ….This paper examines how we can improve our record on poverty reduction by looking at how we can generate greater demand for the … persistence of poverty in the Philippines. To promote inclusive growth and reduce poverty, the manufacturing sector has to be made …
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The use of mobile phones in poverty reduction and development has ignited much interest over the past decade. To take … of mobile phones already point to the potential benefits for poverty reduction and rural development. However, there is a …
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African countries. Thus, any policy initiative targeted towards poverty reduction in Africa should consider the agricultural …
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We report a small-sample, preliminary evaluation of the economic impact of temporary overseas work by Haitian agricultural workers. This work occurs in the United States in the context of a pilot program designed as a form of post-disaster development assistance to Haiti. We find that the...
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eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, with the specific goals of halving the proportions of both undernourished and malnourished … people between 1990 and 2015. The poverty goal was met fully, ahead of schedule, and substantive progress was made toward the … millions of families from the desperate cycle of hunger and poverty also had consequences for the environment. Roughly 72% of …
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