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Beyond the blaze : the impact of forest fires on energy poverty
Paudel, Jayash - In: Energy economics 101 (2021), pp. 1-18
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Interplay between conflict, poverty and remittance : the case of Nepal
Panday, Priniti - In: International business and economics research journal 10 (2011) 2, pp. 67-76
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Socio-economic exclusion in Nepal : a regional perspective
Panta, Krishna Raj - In: The economic journal of Nepal : a quarterly publication … 35 (2012) 3, pp. 154-171
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Poverty and ethnicity in Asian countries
Gradín, Carlos - 2016
poverty gap, which is as high as 50 percentage points or more in some specific cases in Nepal, Pakistan, or India. The gap in … (e.g., India, Nepal, and Pakistan), in regional development (e.g., the Philippines) and the large urban-rural gap (e …
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Escalation of civil war in Nepal : the role of local poverty, inequality and caste polarization
Sharma, Hari; Gibson, John K. - In: Oxford open economics 2 (2023), pp. 1-14
. We study Nepal's civil war that escalated sharply from 2001 to contribute evidence on these local effects. We combine geo … localities in Nepal. We model the likelihood of a locality being affected by conflict and the intensity of the conflict, in terms … sufficient condition for the escalation of civil conflict. The strategy used by the rebels in Nepal saw the conflict escalate …
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On the effects of wildfires on poverty in Bolivia
Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Puerta-Cuartas, Alejandro; … - 2024
This paper examines the impact of severe wildfire events on Bolivia's poverty and labor market outcomes. We use a panel from 2005 to 2020 utilizing NASA's MODIS Collection-6 MCD64A1 burned area product and household surveys. To attain survey representativeness at a lower geographical level, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014529844
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Adverse geography and differences in welfare in Peru
Escobal, Javier; Torero, Máximo - 2003
In Peru, a country with an astonishing variety of different ecological areas, with 84 different climate zones and landscapes, with rainforests, high mountain ranges and dry deserts, the geographical context may not be all that matters, but it could be very significant in explaining regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279131
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Producing an improved geographic profile of poverty: Methodology and evidence from three developing countries
Demombynes, Gabriel; Elbers, Chris; Lanjouw, Jenny; … - 2002
This paper implements a methodology for estimating poverty in Ecuador, Madagascar and South Africa, at levels of disaggregation that to date have not generally been available. The methodology is based on a statistical procedure to combine household survey data with population census data,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279156
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Conflict, food price shocks, and food insecurity: The experience of Afghan households
D'Souza, Anna; Jolliffe, Dean - 2012
Using nationally-representative household survey data and confidential geo-coded data on violence, we examine the linkages between conflict, food insecurity, and food price shocks in Afghanistan. Spatial mappings of the raw data reveal large variations in levels of food insecurity and conflict...
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Geografía de la pobreza y la desigualdad
Córdoba Ordóñez, Juan - 1991
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