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effects, particularly among urban households. Per capita consumption fell by 12.6%, raising poverty by 5.5 percentage points …, issues of measurement error, and different samples. The negative effects of the storm partly explain the increase in poverty …
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effects, particularly among urban households. Per capita consumption fell by 12.6%, raising poverty by 5.5 percentage points …, issues of measurement error, and different samples. The negative effects of the storm partly explain the increase in poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013029124
been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack …
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This paper studies the association between financial development, financial stability, and poverty for a sample of 109 … development, and only a few recent studies have looked at the effects of financial stability on poverty. However, none of the … existing studies has looked at the interaction effect of the two on poverty. Our contribution to this literature is manifold …
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The purpose of the chapter is to analyze Africa's economic successes in the past half century, to understand not only what made it possible but also and more importantly what risk factors may eventually bring it to an end or compromise it. While it may not be possible for Africa to alter, for...
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Brazil's recent growth has been intensely pro-poor, and both poverty and inequality have declined significantly in the …
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place of households in the economy as reflected by employment sector and geographical location, and the extent to which the … processes of growth, particularly through accessible and remunerative employment. …
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The majority of the world's poor, by income poverty and multi-dimensional poverty, now live in countries officially … ending aid. In light of this, this paper considers two competing perspectives on this changing pattern of global poverty: the … mutually exclusive, is that global poverty is gradually in the process of 'nationalizing', at least in terms of resources …
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The experience and lessons of the last two decades have shown that ignoring the key differences between the economics of peace and the economics of development has been a major reason why countries relapse into conflict. This paper briefly analyses such differences and their important...
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