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Poverty and the labor market : today and yesterday
Allen, Robert C. - In: Annual review of economics 12 (2020), pp. 107-134
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012404564
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"Economic development" and gender equality : explaining variations in the gender poverty gap after socialism
Fodor, Éva; Horn, Dániel - 2015
-level modeling techniques, this paper explores the macro-level determinants of the gender poverty gap in the ten post … poverty gap in Central and Eastern Europe, while generous welfare policies, specifically higher levels of spending on pensions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010514470
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Global poverty, aid, and middle-income countries : are the country classifications moribund or is global poverty in the process of 'nationalizing'?
Sumner, Andrew - 2013
The majority of the world's poor, by income poverty and multi-dimensional poverty, now live in countries officially … ending aid. In light of this, this paper considers two competing perspectives on this changing pattern of global poverty: the … mutually exclusive, is that global poverty is gradually in the process of 'nationalizing', at least in terms of resources …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009752790
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A capable state in Afghanistan : a building without a foundation?
de Weijer, Frauke - 2013
This paper argues that attempts at state-building in Afghanistan have led to institutions that are not robust. The state institutions and organizations continue to be highly dependent on external resources and technical expertise, and lack of critical mass of people able and willing to maintain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009753321
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The study of poverty as a deterrent to economic development of Russia
Surkov, Sergej A. - In: International journal of economics and finance 6 (2014) 3, pp. 150-161
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350444
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Women financing and household economics
Swamy, Vighneswara; Tulasimala, B. K. - In: Economics, management and financial markets 8 (2013) 3, pp. 19-36
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011543269
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Gone with the storm : rainfall shocks and household well-being in Guatemala
Baez, Javier E.; Lucchetti, Leonardo; Genoni, Maria Eugenia - 2015
effects, particularly among urban households. Per capita consumption fell by 12.6%, raising poverty by 5.5 percentage points …, issues of measurement error, and different samples. The negative effects of the storm partly explain the increase in poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010472574
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A historical review of local intermediaries in impoverished contexts
Beninger, Stefanie; Shapiro, Stanley J. - In: Journal of macromarketing 39 (2019) 3, pp. 238-251
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012109467
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Educational inequality in Mozambique
Berg, Servaas van der; Maia, Carlos da; Burger, Cobus - 2017
In very poor countries, inequality often means that a small part of the population maintains living standards far above the rest. This is also true for educational inequality in Mozambique: only a small segment of the population has access to higher levels of education (there are 30 times as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012152058
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The impact of microfinance on economic development : the case of Tunisia
Barguellil, Achouak; Bettayeb, Leila - In: International journal of economics and finance 12 (2020) 4, pp. 43-53
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012212617