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The measures of poverty i ... …
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This paper models the short and medium-run impact of aid on migration, considering alternatively the effect of unconditional and conditional cash transfers to financially constrained households. Data from the evaluation of a Mexican development program, Progresa, are used to estimate the effect...
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education, health, and poverty reduction and will make improvements in these areas very difficult. It may also be an important …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 …
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Bangladesh's international image is not as a popular tourism destination, and many people might be surprised to learn it has three World Heritage sites, including the Sundarbans tiger reserves. Moreover, it is part of important travel circuits for cultural and religious tourism, and has...
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Women are more likely than men to work in the informal sector and to drop out of the labor force for a time, such as after childbirth, and to be impeded by social norms from working in the formal sector. This work pattern undermines productivity, increases women's vulnerability to income shocks,...
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quantitative poverty threshold, which gives us the ability to implement a regression discontinuity design. We use data on program …
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adolescent girls in developing countries. While this approach has met with success in the case of education and health programmes …-dimensional, longer-term and holistic view of impact, that takes into account dimensions such as realized rights, health and access to …
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Reducing poverty and inequality and promoting inclusive growth are fundamental to achieving the United Nations … evaluation of the main stylized facts concerning poverty, inequality, and growth. It will uncover existing trends, put …
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, Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations, published in 1968. Myrdal pointed to the decisive nature of the … way; the last three decades have witnessed one of the best performances in the world in terms of both economic growth and … poverty reduction. People's living standards have improved significantly, and the country's socio-economic achievements are …
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government expenditure on education and health are important drivers of financial inclusion. The paper furthermore finds that … education and health would boost the youth financial inclusion in South Asia, especially for the female youth. …
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