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Do public program benefits crowd out private transfers in developing countries? : an overview of evidence from social protection policies
Nikolov, Plamen; Bonci, Matthew - 2020
Precipitated by rapid globalization, rising inequality, population growth, and longevity gains, social protection programs have been on the rise in developing countries in the last three decades. However, the introduction of public benefits could displace informal mechanisms for risk-protection,...
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Do public program benefits crowd out private transfers in developing countries? : a critical review of recent evidence
Nikolov, Plamen; Bonci, Matthew - 2020
Precipitated by rapid globalization, rising inequality, population growth, and longevity gains, social protection programs have been on the rise in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the last three decades. However, the introduction of public benefits could displace informal mechanisms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012194596
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Do public program benefits crowd out private transfers in developing countries? : a critical review of recent evidence
Nikolov, Plamen; Bonci, Matthew - 2020
Precipitated by rapid globalization, rising inequality, population growth, and longevity gains, social protection programs have been on the rise in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the last three decades. However, the introduction of public benefits could displace informal mechanisms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012195191
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Population growth, economic growth, and poverty reduction in Uganda : theory and evidence
Klasen, Stephan (contributor) - 2005
This paper examines the link between population and per capita economic growth in Uganda. After showing that Uganda has one of the highest population growth rates in the world which, due to the inherent demographic momentum, will persist for some time to come, it then considers the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003214207
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Sonderwirtschaftszonen in Entwicklungsländern: Verringerung von Migrationsursachen?
Schmitz, Birgit; Schraven, Benjamin; Lietz, Marco - In: ifo Schnelldienst 69 (2016) 02, pp. 3-9
In jüngster Zeit geäußerte Vorschläge, unter anderem von George Soros, sehen vor, die Flüchtlingskrise durch die Einrichtung von Sonderwirtschaftszonen in den Anrainerstaaten der Herkunftsländer der Migranten zu entschärfen. Würden dort Investitionen getätigt und Arbeitsplätze...
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Europe must work together to alleviate migatory pressure from Africa
Menkhoff, Lukas; Heidland, Tobias - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 9 (2019) 16/18, pp. 164-166
people as possible could be one key to future development in Africa …
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Estimating poverty among refugee populations: a cross-survey imputation exercise for Chad
Beltramo, Theresa; Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Sarr, Ibrahima; … - 2021
Household consumption surveys do not typically cover refugee populations, and poverty estimates for refugees are rare. This paper tests the performance of a recently developed cross-survey imputation method to estimate poverty for a sample of refugees in Chad, combining survey and administrative...
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Estimating poverty among refugee populations : a cross-survey imputation exercise for Chad
Beltramo, Theresa; Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Sarr, Ibrahima; … - 2020
Household consumption surveys do not typically cover refugee populations, and poverty estimates for refugees are rare. This paper tests the performance of cross-survey imputation methods to estimate poverty for a sample of refugees in Chad, by combining United Nations High Commissioner for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012220356
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DEFINING POVERTY LINES AS A FRACTION OFCENTRAL TENDENCY
Muller, Christophe - University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics - 2000
Using parametric formulae under lognormality for a broad family of povertymeasures, we show that when inequality measured by the Gini coeffcient isconstant, dening the poverty line as a fraction of a central tendency of theliving standard distribution restricts the evolution of the poverty...
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Six development paths in Southeast Asia : three plus three
Montes, Manuel F. - 2018
development. In the past half-century, these countries raised agricultural productivity faster than population growth and … displayed sufficient state capability to direct change towards a respectable level of industrial development. In this period …: agriculture, industry, foreign trade and investment, and social development. By using a more socially grounded analytical approach …
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