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Poverty, inequality and development : essays in honor of Erik Thorbecke
De Janvry, Alain (ed.); Thorbecke, Erik (honouree);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003233100
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The economics of global food security
Tweeten, Luther G. - In: Review of agricultural economics : RAE 21 (1999) 2, pp. 473-488
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001436662
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Social capital and poverty in India
Morris, Matthew - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000657118
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The role of poverty and community norms in child labor and schooling decisions
Strulik, Holger (contributor) - 2008
children. Accounting for these natural links we investigate whether and when there is an additional role for community norms … of a community manages to initiate a bandwagon effect towards an equilibrium where all children are sent to school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003612613
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Voice for the world's poor : selected speeches and writings of World Bank president James D. Wolfensohn, 1995-2005
Wolfensohn, James D.; Kircher, Andrew - 2005
"Remember the past, but build for the future" : address to the Rwandan National Assembly, Kigali, Rwanda -- Rich, poor should join hands for sustainable development -- A time to act : address to the board of governors at the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479682
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Capital, capacities and collaboration : the multiple roles of community savings in addressing urban poverty
Mitlin, Diana; Satterthwaite, David; Bartlett, Sheridan - 2011
can be triggered by the practice of community savings. As local communities struggle to improve their development options … producing lasting transformation. Community savings are collective financial accumulations accrued by a defined (but often not … into substantive institutional innovations centred on community savings funds. The changes in individual and collective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009409915
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The social economics of poverty : on identities, communities, groups, and networks
Barrett, Christopher B. (ed.) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002380718
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Selected papers of Partha Dasgupta
Dasgupta, Partha - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008760660
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How China escaped the poverty trap
Ang, Yuen Yuen - 2016
Mapping coevolution -- Directed improvisation -- Balancing variety and uniformity -- Franchising the bureaucracy -- From building to preserving markets -- Connecting first-movers and laggards -- Conclusion : how development actually happened beyond China
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452819
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The roots of poverty in Latin America
Yeatts, Guillermo M. - 2005
"This book is an in-depth analysis of how cultural, religious and social institutions have shaped the economic destinies of North America and Latin America over the last five hundred years. The final chapters look at recent developments in individual Latin American countries and considers the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002772693