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The novel Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which has become a global epidemic, hit Ghana on 12 March 2020 and, in … less than a week, increased by over 300% with two deaths. As of 11 August 2020, Ghana had recorded over 41,000 cases with … Sustainable Development Goals, particularly poverty in Ghana. Specifically, the study examined the effect of COVID-19 on poverty …
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poverty reduction, in Ghana. By accounting for the potential endogeneity of access to financial services, we show that rural …
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This paper is an attempt to analyze the impact of two of India's largest food security interventions - the Public Distribution System (PDS) and the Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDM) - on poverty outcomes and on nutritional intake. This paper offers a simple methodology to take into account the impact of...
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This paper assesses the impact of assistance on the wellbeing of Palestinian households. The impact evaluation analysis uses a difference-in-difference approach for the treatment of sample selection bias. The paper uses data from the 2013 and 2014 rounds of the Palestinian Socio-Economic and...
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This paper is an attempt to analyze the impact of two of India's largest food security interventions — the Public Distribution System (PDS) and the Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDM) — on poverty outcomes and on nutritional intake. This paper offers a simple methodology to take into account the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013076446
This study analyzes poverty dynamics in Nicaragua between 1998 and 2001. It goes further, in simulating an iron supplement program to test if reduction in poverty, vulnerability and undernourishment is significant. The findings support the argument that targeted food policies to remove chronic...
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A debate has started on the replacement of food grains with cash in the Public Distribution System in the country. Financial Inclusion is seen as a part of the entire scheme of reaching the last person with the benefits of all the welfare programs initiated by the government. Both sides of the...
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We simulate the impact of actual food price increase between June 2006 and June 2008 on poverty across different areas and whether the household's main income source is agricultural activities. We explicitly treat heterogeneity in food price changes and the patterns of consumption and production...
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This paper attempts to estimate the impact of PDS on poverty and calorie deficiency. First we have undertaken an analysis of the households that have access to the PDS, what they purchase, and what are their rupee savings due to their access to the PDS. Next we estimate its impact on poverty...
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This paper reviews status of public distribution system and its relationship with the problem of food security and poverty incidence among the north-eastern states of India. Poverty indices for all the states in the NE region are calculated. It appears that the PDS is widely accessible to the...
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