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Public works programs in developing countries have the potential to reduce poverty : the success of public works programs in reducing poverty depends on their design and implementa...
Zimmermann, Laura - 2014
Public works programs in developing countries can reduce poverty in the long term and help lowskilled workers cope with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414560
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Analysis of the effect of microfinance institutions on poverty reduction in Nigeria
Tafamel, Ehiabhi Andrew - In: Academic journal of economic studies 5 (2019) 2, pp. 114-119
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012039044
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Financing the Zambia social cash transfer scale-up : a tax benefit microsimulation analysis based on MicroZAMOD
Kampamba, Remmy; Pellerano, Luca; Banda, Charles; … - 2019
This paper assesses the effects on poverty and inequality of the alternative targeting approaches that Zambia's Social … government introduced support based on giving actual cash through social cash transfers aimed at reducing poverty and … of social cash transfers, nationwide extreme poverty would be 1.6 percentage points higher than otherwise. The results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011986983
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Can unconditional cash transfers lead to sustainable poverty reduction? : evidence from two government-led programmes in Zambia
Handa, Sudhanshu; Natali, Luisa; Seidenfeld, David; … - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011603965
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Microfinance and poverty reduction in Ghana : evidence from policy beneficiaries
Boateng, Gilbert O.; Boateng, Akwasi A.; Bampoe, Harry S. - In: Review of business & finance studies : RBFS 6 (2015) 1, pp. 99-108
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The impacts of microcredit on poverty reduction : evidence from Cambodian rural villages
Runsinarith, Phim - In: The Philippine review of economics : a joint … 51 (2014) 2, pp. 121-150
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528431
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Economic development, foreign aid and poverty reduction : paradigm in Nigeria
AUgbaka, Malachy; Awujola, Abayomi; Shcherbyna, Tatiana - In: SocioEconomic challenges : SEC 3 (2019) 4, pp. 5-12
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012175878
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The welfare impact of Viet Nam's national target programme "building a new countryside" : a quasi-experimental evaluation
Verwimp, Philip; Zhang, Sisi - 2018
We evaluate the impact on household income of Viet Nam's national target programme to build a new countryside for the period from 2010 to 2015. The purpose of the programme is to modernize rural Viet Nam. Given the universal implementation of the programme, we use a quasi-experimental approach...
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Foreign aid and the quest for poverty reduction : is aid to agriculture effective?
Kayalıca, M. Özgür; Kaya, Ilker; Gunter, Lewell F. - In: Journal of agricultural economics 64 (2013) 3, pp. 583-596
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The impact of conditional cash transfer programmes on household work decisions in Ghana
Ekobor-Ackah Mochiah, Eric; Osei, Robert Darko; … - 2014
A cash transfer programme 'Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty' has been implemented with the aim of addressing … poverty and vulnerability in Ghana. This study looks at the impact of this conditional cash transfer programme on households …
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