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COVID-19 has been a tragedy for California. More than 4 million Californians have contracted the disease, and over 64,000 have died from it. And beyond the cost of illness and death, the pandemic and the state’s actions to contain it have devastated California’s economy. Low-income and...
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Mali is a Sub-Saharan African country with 19.1 million people. Almost half of this population lives in poverty, due to the dysfunction of activity sectors (agriculture, energy, education, employment, services, etc.). Natural resource management especially land and water together with...
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As at today, it is an indisputable fact that the climate is changing and there is a scientific consensus that the world is becoming a warmer place principally attributable to human activities. Regrettably, the physical impacts of future climate change on humans and the environment will include...
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Rapid urbanization is a fact of live even in the least developed countries (LDCs) where the lion’s share of the population presently lives in rural areas and will continue to do so for decades to come. At the turn of the millennium 75% of the LDCs’ population still lived in rural areas and...
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creditability content on the consumer buying behavior in Pakistan. The structured questionnaire was shared using convenience … on buying behavior in Pakistan. Social media plays an important role in consumer buying behavior, which means that people … have given more detailed information. The study examined the in-depth impact of social media on the people of Pakistan …
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The link between household poverty and child labor is much stronger in Pakistan than in Peru. Providing good schools in … labor is much stronger in Pakistan than in Peru - perhaps partly because Pakistani schools are not as good as those in Peru … girls. Strong complementarity exists between the labor market for women and that for girls in Pakistan. Providing good …
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The role of human capital (education and health) is recognized both in theoretical and empirical economic literature. Better education and health services enhance productivity and earnings of the workers. So the present study is an attempt to assess the impact of human capital in poverty...
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Pakistan has been experiencing robust economic growth for the past few years. The macroeconomic position as exhibited … remains; will Pakistan be able to sustain these growth levels? Preserving the momentum becomes difficult when growth is … national level and has deeper sociological consequences as well. Pakistan being a small open economy has limited or no control …
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The informal sector (IS) plays a significant role in developing countries viz. the provision of employment, income and supplying ignored markets. However, working and employment conditions within the sector are still poor. Its expansion and changing structures have thus drawn the attention of...
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