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between-district inequalities to national inequality and examines the relationship between household poverty and inequality … a significant effect on household poverty, but with varying signs. We surmise that the variation in signs is as a result … of the state of economic activity and factors that affect both poverty and inequality. …
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, equity and poverty alleviation - and that it represents a significant determinant of household well-being, the same cannot be … capital measurement in the context of European Union because of its strong commitment in the fight against poverty (Bruxelles … measure it when the aim is to evaluate its impact on poverty reduction; then it turns to issues in measurement and finally …
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Is the extreme poverty line a good measure of food insecurity and nutritional status? It is said that an individual who … is above the extreme poverty line has enough resources to achieve a basic food basket. In Peru, extreme poverty has … in Peru, after controlling by income turn down (in other words, the raise of extreme poverty)? Although this topic has …
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This paper measures the impact of price changes on poverty using the Philippines as an example. The impact of price … changes is captured by the price elasticity of poverty for three widely used poverty measures, namely, headcount ratio …, poverty gap ratio, and severity of poverty. An empirically operational price index called the price index for the poor is …
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poverty from rural areas to large cities. First, a simple bifurcation of population in terms of poor and non-poor sub …-groups is examined along with the incidence of poverty across different categories of occupations and non-workers. Then, an … merely transfer rural poverty to urban areas, and further that population mobility yields improvement in the living standard …
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goal of ending extreme poverty remains paramount. Globally, the World Bank set goals to end extreme poverty by 2030 and to …, eliminating poverty by 2030 is out of the region’s reach. Even under our ‘best case’ scenario of accelerated growth and … redistribution from the richest 10 percent to the poorest 40 percent of the population, the poverty rate would still be around 10 …
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Is China-Africa economic relation instrumental for capital flight and poverty reduction in FZ? Does it matter in the … capital flight and poverty reduction in FZ. The construction of a theoretical framework highlighting stylized fact and the … as capital flight and; (b) The capital flight contributes to improving the level of poverty in Africa. Overall, we can …
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implemented one of the biggest poverty reduction programs entitled ‘Socio-economic Development for the Communes Facing Greatest …-capita income. A particularly important result is that poverty among minority households in treatment communes declined …
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In Deutschland ist das relative verfügbare Einkommen der jungen Menschen im Vergleich mit dem Durchschnitt der OECD-Länder unterdurchschnittlich niedrig und das der älteren Menschen überdurchschnittlich hoch. Ähnlich ungünstig schneiden junge Menschen ab, legt man die Armutsrate zugrunde:...
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This paper compares the poverty reduction impact of income sources, taxes and transfers across five OECD countries … analysis, it is done by using the Shapley value. Estimates of the poverty reduction impact are presented in a normalized and un …
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