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Non-contributory pensions
Galiani, Sebastián; Gertler, Paul J.; Bando Grana, … - 2014
The creation of non-contributory pension schemes is becoming increasingly common as countries struggle to reduce poverty. Drawing on data from Mexico's Adultos Mayores Program (Older Adults Program) --a cash transfer scheme aimed at rural adults over 70 years of age-- we evaluate the effects of...
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Benefit incidence analysis, needs and demography : measurement issues and an empirical study for Kenya
Gaddis, Isis; Demery, Lionel - 2012
Benefit incidence analysis is an extremely popular tool to assess the distribution of benefits from government expenditure in developing countries, particularly in the social sectors. The analysis describes the welfare impact of public spending on groups of people or households, typically along...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010358146
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Politics and the Room to Manoeuvre : Democracy, Social Opportunity and Poverty in India
Mitra, Subrata Kumar - 2020
Ownership is the essence of economic citizenship. Beyond actual possession, a sense of personal welfare and proprietorship, or at least the hope of achieving them, constitute a necessary and important complement to being stakeholders in a society. Together with efficacy and legitimacy, these are...
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Another brick on the wall : on the effects of non-contributory pensions on material and subjective well being
Bando Grana, Rosangela; Galiani, Sebastián; Gertler, … - 2021
Public expenditures on non-contributory pensions are equivalent to at least 1 percent of GDP in several countries in Latin America and is expected to increase. We explore the effect of non-contributory pensions on the well-being of the beneficiary population by studying the "Pensiones...
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Another brick on the Wall : On the Effects of Non-Contributory Pensions on Material and Subjective Well Being
Bando, Rosangela; Galiani, Sebastian; Gertler, Paul J. - 2021
Public expenditures on non-contributory pensions are equivalent to at least 1 percent of GDP in several countries in Latin America and is expected to increase. We explore the effect of non-contributory pensions on the well-being of the beneficiary population by studying the Pensiones...
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The Place of ‘Place’ in Theories of Poverty : Mobility, Social Capital and Well-Being
Jordan, Bill - 2010
This article argues that theories about the spatial distribution of poverty since World War II have always combined analyses of the impact of the built environment, of culture and of mobility of populations. However, the form taken by these combinations has varied with the logic of the...
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What is the Domain of the Welfare State?
Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
The paper examines the appropriate domain of the Welfare State by exploring the areas in which free enterprise fails to provide adequate welfare state services. The paper outlines a simple coherent strategy for formulating government welfare state policy by identifying the relevant market...
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Polity qualities: how governance affects poverty
Moore, Mick; Leavy, Jennifer; Houtzager, Peter; White, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999
For a large sample of 61 developing countries, over the period 1980-95, we calculate a measure of the efficiency with which national political-economic systems convert a given volume of material resources (GNP per capita) into human development (longevity, education and literacy) for their...
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The Causal Relationship between Corruption and Poverty: A Panel Data Analysis
Negin, Vahideh; Abd Rashid, Zakariah; Nikopour, Hesam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Most of the studies which have investigated the link between corruption and poverty may draw conclusions on causality … between corruption and poverty. It uses dynamic panel system GMM estimators, focuses on capability poverty using human poverty … corruption and poverty go together, with bidirectional causality. …
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Accounting for microfinance failure : insights from Zambia
Siwale, Juliana; Ritchie, John - In: International journal of critical accounting : IJCA 5 (2013) 6, pp. 641-662
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