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As recent discussions have made clear, the apparent lack of poverty reduction in the face of historically high rates of economic growth-both in the world as a whole and in specific countries (most notably India)-provides fuel for the argument that economic growth does little to reduce poverty....
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. To a considerable extent, the failure of world poverty to fall in the face of world growth is a failure of household …
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The problem of poverty alleviation and unemployment remain the primary concerns of the government of the African National Congress (ANC) since 1994. This article aims to profile some official government initiatives to tackling unemployment among black peoples. The article posits a strategic...
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scale in household size - a family of six needs three times as much as a family of two. This paper examines the sensitivity … household surveys from 162 countries covering 98 percent of the population estimated to be in extreme poverty in 2017. We … compare current-method estimates with a constant- elasticity scale adjustment that divides total household consumption or …
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scale in household size - a family of six needs three times as much as a family of two. This paper examines the sensitivity … household surveys from 162 countries covering 98 percent of the population estimated to be in extreme poverty in 2017. The paper … compares current-method estimates with a constant-elasticity scale adjustment that divides total household consumption or …
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scale in household size-a family of six needs three times as much as a family of two. This paper examines the sensitivity of … global estimates of extreme poverty to changing this assumption. The analysis rests on nationally representative household … compares current-method estimates with a constant-elasticity scale adjustment that divides total household consumption or …
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scale in household size a family of six needs three times as much as a family of two. This paper examines the sensitivity of … global estimates of extreme poverty to changing this assumption. The analysis rests on nationally representative household … current-method estimates with a constant- elasticity scale adjustment that divides total household consumption or income not …
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