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This study traces the interactions between economic growth, income inequality and consumption poverty in a sample of … that experiences have varied: some countries have seen sharp falls in income poverty; others have witnessed marked … conclusions. First, agricultural market liberalization has been conducive to reductions in rural poverty. Second, market …
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Many low income countries in Africa are optimistic that producing biofuels domestically will not only reduce their …
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understand the prospects for achieving poverty reduction in Africa. We examine the levels and trends in income distribution in …This paper examines trends in income distribution and its linkages to economic growth and poverty reduction in order to …, Mozambique, and South Africa. We conclude that the balance between policies aimed at growth and measures aimed at redistribution …
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This paper investigates the effects of oil financed public investment on poverty using a dynamic multisectoral general … which favor nontradable activities over export agriculture and manufacturing thereby increasing rural and national poverty … growth, and poverty is less straightforward than simple models of the resource curse suggest. Taking Ghana as a stylized …
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Fertility has begun to fall in Sub-Saharan Africa but it remains high on average and particularly for a few countries … poverty level, and the health of the population including total health expenditures and the prevalence of HIV/AIDS. The …
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income and poverty implications of expanded horticulture exports and changing supply chain structures for rural households in …
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greatly reduce national poverty over the short-term. In this regard, agricultural growth is more effective, albeit with slower …-fundamentalist approach to African development, but the short-term imperative of reducing poverty necessitates further agricultural investment. …
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. Various forms of poverty, inequality, polarization and income mobility structures are considered and much of the conventional … GDP per capita in the continent of Africa. …
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implicitly assume that countries have a universal understanding of justice. But this assumption is rather questionable. With … regard to the existing cultural differences in the understanding of justice the transferability of elements of health care … systems is not always given. A transfer usually requires a thorough examination of the ideas of justice in each country. This …
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', der entlang von vier Dimensionen eine Balance zwischen den Werten Freiheit, Gemeinschaft und Gerechtigkeit herzustellen … problems with the values of justice and community and how organizations seek to address and partially solve these tensions. We …
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