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Does Urbanization Affect Rural Poverty? Evidence from Indian Districts

Calì, Massimiliano; Menon, Carlo - In: The World Bank Economic Review 27 (2013) 2, pp. 171-201

Although a high rate of urbanization and a high incidence of rural poverty are two distinct features of many developing … the 1983–1999 period, we find that urbanization has a substantial and systematic poverty-reducing effect in the … nature and is largely attributable to the positive spillovers of urbanization on the rural economy rather than to the …

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Urbanization in Developing Countries

Henderson, Vernon - In: World Bank Research Observer 17 (2002) 1, pp. 89-112

The rapid urbanization in many developing countries over the past half century seems to have been accompanied by …

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Growing through Cities in Developing Countries

Duranton, Gilles - In: World Bank Research Observer 30 (2015) 1, pp. 39-73

This paper examines the effects of urbanization on development and growth. It begins with a labor market perspective …

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Reducing Risk in A Changing Climate: Changing Paradigms toward Urban Pro-Poor Adaptation

Wamsler, Christine - In: Open House International 35 (2010) 1, pp. 6-25

practical experience of-and the debate about-the rising number of disasters, growing urbanization, and changing climatic …

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A model for creating innovative strategies for an enterprise and its application to a rural enterprise

Kajanus, Miika - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 10, pp. 711-722

Innovations are argued to be one of the main sources of sustainable competitive advantage. This study presents a model for creating ideas and formulating them into strategic alternatives for an enterprise. Value‐focused thinking, including clearly defining and structuring the fundamental...

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Forests and economic welfare

Kant, Shashi; Nautiyal, J.C.; Berry, R.A. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 23 (1996) 2, pp. 31-43

A single dimensional measure of economic welfare in terms of per capita income has neglected the contribution of the non‐timber benefits of forests; hence forests have not received their due weight in literature on the development process. Advocates a multi‐dimensional measure of economic...

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Income elasticities of household demand in rural China : Estimates from cross‐sectional survey data

Wan, Guang H. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 23 (1996) 3, pp. 18-33

Calculates income elasticities of demand for ten commodity groups and 30 rural regions in China by fitting Engel functions to a set of household expenditure survey data. Finds that staple food, clothing and fuel are necessities, while housing, service, eating out, entertainment and culture, and...

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Shocks among managers of indigenous art centres in remote Australia

Seet, Pi-Shen; Jones, Janice; Acker, Tim; Whittle, Michelle - In: Management Decision 53 (2015) 4, pp. 763-785

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the reasons managers of non-Indigenous backgrounds move to, stay in, and leave their positions in Indigenous Art Centres in remote areas of Australia. Design/methodology/approach – This qualitative study used structured in-depth...

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Institutionalization and promotion of saving habits through Bai‐Muajjal mode of financing

Alam, Mohammed N. - In: Managerial Finance 29 (2003) 2/3, pp. 3-22

Points out that the small and cottage industry (SCI) sector is often neglected despite its potential for contributing to economic development, especially in the third world; and reports an investigation of the use of the Bai‐Muajjal (BM) method of financing in the Bangladesh SCI sector....

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Allocative inefficiency and rural poverty in India

Ghosh, B.N. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 29 (2002) 1/2, pp. 87-96

The magnitude of rural poverty is larger as compared to urban poverty in India. The basic explanation for sectoral poverty differentiates in India is the misallocation of resources and urban‐biased strategy of development. Investment allocation in Indian planning is not strictly based on the...

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