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NGOs and the making of “development tourism destinations”
Becklake, Sarah - In: Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft 6 (2014) 2, pp. 223-242
/actual “poverty tours”, the article argues that while Antigua NGOs develop and host these poverty tours as a means of moving “hearts …
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Poverty, Inequality, Political Instability and Property Crimes in Pakistan: A Time Series Analysis
Syed, Shabib Haider; Ahmed, Eatzaz - In: Asian Journal of Law and Economics 4 (2013) 1-2, pp. 1-28
provision of social justice in the form of the fight against poverty, inequality and unemployment and maintenance of political …
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The Impact of Financial Inclusion on Poverty Reduction
Tran, Huong Thi Thanh; Le, Ha Thi Thu - In: Asian Journal of Law and Economics 12 (2021) 1, pp. 95-119
Abstract Poverty is a global issue and a lot of attention and efforts of the international community have been made to … poverty due to rising unemployment and income deduction, identifying the factors affecting poverty becomes particularly … important. Financial inclusion has been recognized as one important factor affecting poverty reduction. This research is …
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A Dynamic Analysis of Child Labor with a Variable Rate of Discount: Some Policy Implications
Das, Satya P; Deb, Rajat - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 5 (2006) 1
steady states and a poverty trap. The paper considers the long-run and short-run effects of an array of policies like …
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Poverty Measurement Under Risk Aversion Using Panel Data
Cruces, Guillermo; Makdissi, Paul; Wodon, Quentin T. - In: Contributions in Economic Analysis & Policy 3 (2004) 1, pp. 1-18
This paper shows how to take into account risk aversion when measuring poverty under income variability. An application … to British panel data suggests that income and poverty comparisons between the self-employed and other groups of … order to account for risk aversion and income variability in the measurement of poverty.  …
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A Dynamic Analysis of Child Labor with a Variable Rate of Discount: Some Policy Implications
Das, Satya P; Deb, Rajat - In: Contributions in Economic Analysis & Policy 5 (2006) 1
states and a poverty trap. The paper considers the long-run and short-run effects of an array of policies like enrollment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014587553
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Cutting the Safety Net, One Strand at a Time
Currie, Janet - In: The Economists' Voice 2 (2005) 2
allegations that programs “don’t work,” that programs are riddled with fraud, waste, and abuse, and that poverty alleviation is …
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Optimal Taxes and Transfers under Partial Information
Homburg, Stefan; Lohse, Tim - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 225 (2005) 6, pp. 622-629
Summary Effective from 2005, benefits for long-term unemployed have been reduced in Germany to the level of social assistance. This measure reflects the view that “all who are able to work, should work” - a view which makes sense only if the government can distinguish the disabled from the...
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Poverty in Germany – Statistical Inference and Decomposition
Bönke, Timm; Schröder, Carsten - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 231 (2011) 2, pp. 178-209
-temporal changes in poverty from year 1978 to 2003. Results are decomposed by region and household types, and the bootstrap method is … have the highest poverty risk.Most striking is a huge regional divide in poverty which only narrows slightly over the … period under investigation: the incidence and the intensity of poverty are substantially higher in the New states. A …
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Migration, Poverty, the Role of State, (International) Law and Development in the Industrialised Countries of Europe
Ikejiaku, Brian-Vincent - In: Law and Development Review 14 (2021) 2, pp. 465-501
migration from the South; may worsen the state of poverty in Europe, particularly on the immigrants and impact on the workforce …, in addressing the issues of poverty and migration within the industrialised countries of Europe. The research argues that … there is the likelihood that poverty and human right issues will increase in Europe in the near-future, if the State …
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