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Are social exclusion and poverty measures interrelated? : a study with Spanish data

Sánchez, Cristina; Cortiñas, Pedro; Calvo, José Luís - 2012

One of the targets of Europe's growth strategy (Europe 2020) is "reduction of poverty by aiming to lift at least 20 … million people out of the risk of poverty or social exclusion". Since poverty is a multidimensional concept, EUROSTAT proposes … three indicators to calculate it: people at risk-of-poverty after social transfers (persons are at risk of poverty if their …

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Socio-economic inequality in South Africa according to different disparity indices

Hakizimana, Jean-Mari V.; Geyer, Hermanus S. - 2014

The purpose of the paper is to identify areas in South Africa where social-economic disparity exists using 2011 census data. Different indices are used to measure spatial disparity with the aim of finding the most appropriate approach for measuring disparities under different circumstances. The...

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Conférence présidentielle : revisiting the debate on inequality and economic development

Bourguignon, François - In: Revue d'économie politique 125 (2015) 5, pp. 633-663

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The importance of social transfers in reducing poverty in Croatia

Bejaković, Predrag - In: Economic research (2013), pp. 103-116

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Using satellite data to guide urban poverty reduction

Sohnesen, Thomas Pave; Fisker, Peter Simonsen; … - In: Review of income and wealth 68 (2022), pp. S282-S294

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Finance and poverty : the case of microfinance banks

Carpio, Maria Abigail - 2005

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The analysis on the poverty characteristics of baby boomers : using models of panel data

Cho, Deokho; Park, Gil Hwan - 2013

circumstances are likely to differently affect "post-retirement" poverty as the potential welfare need of urban and rural baby … boomers. This article, thus, aims at figuring out the probabilistic characteristics of baby-boomer poverty factors in order to …

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Fiscal policy, income redistribution and poverty reduction in Latin America: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay

Lustig, Nora - In: Contemporary issues in development economics, (pp. 11-18). 2016

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Is poverty in Africa overestimated because of poor data?

Dabalen, Andrew; Etang, Alvin; Mungai, Rose; Wambile, Ayago - In: Contemporary issues in development economics, (pp. 61-89). 2016

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Pro-poor growth and the conversion of the economic habitus : a case study of the tourism sector in Flores, Indonesia

Rothe, Manuel - 2016

"Pro-Poor Growth" as an approach to fighting global poverty is about enhancing the ability of the poor to participate …

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