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Türkei: Stärkung der außenwirtschaftlichen Flanke erforderlich
Schultz, Siegfried - In: DIW Wochenbericht 69 (2002) 5, pp. 81-86
Vor gut zwei Jahren hat die Türkei ein Stabilisierungsprogramm aufgelegt, das vor allem eine Senkung der sehr hohen Inflation zum Ziel hatte; vom Internationalen Währungsfonds (IWF) wurde es durch ein Beistandsabkommen finanziell unterstützt. Wegen erheblicher Probleme bei der Umsetzung des...
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Benefit Incidence of Public Spending on Health in the Philippines
Manasan, Rosario G.; Cuenca, Janet S. - 2010
Directing government subsidies to social services such as health care is expected to bring about positive external/social benefits and improve equity in access to health services. In general, government spending on health is envisioned to improve the well-being of beneficiaries and enhance their...
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Can dreams come true? Eliminating extreme poverty in Africa by 2030
Ncube, Mthuli; Brixiova, Zuzana; Bicaba, Zorobabel - 2015
The year 2015 is the "finish line" for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). What should the post-2015 goals look like for Africa? The goal of ending extreme poverty remains paramount. Globally, the World Bank has set goals to end extreme poverty by 2030 and to promote shared prosperity in...
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Land Issues in Poverty Reduction Strategies and the Development Agenda: Philippines
Llanto, Gilberto M.; Ballesteros, Marife M. - 2003
The paper discusses critical land issues in the Philippines and assesses the integration of those issues in the national development agenda and poverty reduction strategies. It covers issues related to agriculture, forest and urban lands, land administration and management and government...
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Mainstreaming the adaptations and reducing the vulnerability of the poor due to climate change
Ranganathan, C. R.; Palanisami, K.; Kakumanu, K. R.; … - 2011
Many rural poor people in developing countries depend on agriculture and are highly influenced by climatic change. Hence, sustainable livelihood approaches are used at both policy and project level to initiate new poverty reduction activities and modify existing activities to improve livelihood...
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Die Sachs-Easterly-Kontroverse: "Dissent on Development" revisited
Hielscher, Stefan - 2008
Der entwicklungsökonomische Diskurs ist aktuell geprägt durch eine kontroverse Debatte zwischen Jeffrey Sachs und William Easterly. Der Beitrag rekonstruiert beide Ansätze aus ordonomischer Perspektive. Er argumentiert, dass eine auf Kooperation angelegte Semantik vergleichsweise besser...
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Poverty and Growth in the WAEMU after the 1994 Devaluation
Azam, Jean-Paul - 2004
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Fostering food purchase programmes in widespread poverty contexts: Targeting smallholders within the PAA Africa Programme in Niger
de Miranda, Rosana Pereira; Diop, Amadou; Klug, Israel - 2017
With a surface area of 1,267,000 square kilometres, Niger is a vast Sahelian country located in the south of the Sahara … growing crops and raising livestock, with over 80 per cent of the population working in this sector. In Niger, agriculture is …
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Fostering, Child Welfare, and Ethnic Cultural Values
El Badaoui, Eliane; Mangiavacchi, Lucia - 2018
This article examines the effects of fostering on children's labour supply and schooling in host families in Niger. The …
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Teacher shortages, teacher contracts and their impact on education in Africa
Bourdon, Jean; Frölich, Markus; Michaelowa, Katharina - 2007
the quantile treatment effects for Niger, Togo and Mali, based on very informative data, comparable across these countries …, somewhat mixed in Togo (with positive effects in 2nd and negative effects in 5th grade) and negative in Niger. This ordering is … through the local communities. This may have led to closer monitoring and more effective hiring of contract teachers. In Niger …
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