This paper explores the link between poverty and resource allocation, including the management of natural resources, by …'s investment strategy and, consequently, resource management and household poverty: (i) Changes in output and input prices, and (ii …

In this paper, using Ireland, where debt issues are of particular salience as a test case, we seek to understand the … extent to which the measures currently employed as national indicators of poverty and social exclusion succeed in capturing … over-indebtedness and, more broadly, severity of debt problems. Our analysis reveals a clear gradient with predictive …

The objective of this paper is to arrive at a better understanding of the implications of debt relief savings for … poverty reduction in HIPC countries by focusing on one important channel of impact—human capital accumulation. Our simulation … results suggest that poverty and growth objectives would be mainly enhanced if resources are targeted at the primary and …

medium term the impact of the debt on poverty is not very harmful, in the longer run it has a significant negative impact …. For the Indian states we find that government investment in the social sector is extremely important to reduce poverty …, but the government's debt burden is actually stopping several states from attaining the MDG targets. Although, in the …

Most US credit card holders revolve high-interest debt, often combined with substantial (i) asset accumulation by …

The recent financial crises pointed out the central role of public and private debt in modern economies. However, even … if debt is a recurring topic in discussions about the current economic situation, economic modelling does not take into … account debt as one of the crucial determinants of economic dynamics. Our contribution, in this paper, is to investigate the …

quantitatively the extent to which debt outstandings in the 90s affected the firm's R&D activities. We find that massive debt … to the firm-level total factor productivity growth in the 90s. In fact, ten-percentage-point increase of debt-asset ratio …

debt deflation and prolonged recession. Financialization operates through three different conduits: changes in the …