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Rural Poverty : Old Challenges in New Contexts

Dercon, Stefan - In: World Bank Research Observer 24 (2009) 1, pp. 1-28

Poverty is still a predominantly rural phenomenon. However, the context of rural poverty has been changing across the world, with high growth in some economies and stagnation in others. Furthermore, increased openness in many economies has affected the specific role of agricultural growth for...

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Inequality in China: An Overview

Knight, John - In: World Bank Research Observer 29 (2014) 1, pp. 1-19

This paper provides an overview of research on income inequality in China over the period of economic reform. It presents the results of two main sources of evidence on income inequality and, assisted by various decompositions, explains the reasons income inequality has increased rapidly and the...

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Has India’s Economic Growth Become More Pro-Poor in the Wake of Economic Reforms

Datt, Gaurav; Ravallion, Martin - In: The World Bank Economic Review 25 (2011) 2, pp. 157-189

The extent to which India's poor have benefited from the country's economic growth has long been debated. A new series …

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Does Urbanization Affect Rural Poverty? Evidence from Indian Districts

Calì, Massimiliano; Menon, Carlo - In: The World Bank Economic Review 27 (2013) 2, pp. 171-201

Although a high rate of urbanization and a high incidence of rural poverty are two distinct features of many developing countries, there is little knowledge of the effects of the former on the latter. Using a large sample of Indian districts from the 1983–1999 period, we find that urbanization...

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Data and Dogma : The Great Indian Poverty Debate

Deaton, Angus; Kozel, Valerie - In: World Bank Research Observer 20 (2005) 2, pp. 177-200

What happened to poverty in India in the 1990s has been fiercely debated, both politically and statistically. The … that debate. The economic reforms of the early 1990s in India were followed by rates of economic growth that were high by … India, showing an acceleration in the rate of poverty reduction from 36 percent of the population in 1993/94 to 26 percent …

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Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction : Additional Evidence

de Janvry, Alain; Sadoulet, Elisabeth - In: World Bank Research Observer 25 (2010) 1, pp. 1-20

Agricultural growth has long been recognized as an important instrument for poverty reduction. Yet, measurements of this relationship are still scarce and not always reliable. The authors present additional evidence at both the sectoral and household levels based on recent data. Results show...

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Financial development and poverty reduction in India: an empirical investigation

Sehrawat, Madhu; Giri, A K - In: International Journal of Social Economics 43 (2016) 2, pp. 106-122

reduction in India using annual data from 1970 to 2012. The paper attempts to answer the critical question: does financial … financial development and poverty reduction for India. The ARDL test results suggest that financial development and economic … implies that poverty in India can be reduced by financial inclusion and financial accessibility to the poor. For a fast …

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When „the Rest“ enters „the West“: Indischer Tourismus in die Zentralschweiz

Frank, Sybille - In: Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft 4 (2012) 2, pp. 221-230

Zusammenfassung Bis vor kurzem führten touristische Reiserouten in der Regel vom globalen „Westen“ in den so genannten „Rest der Welt“. Doch was passiert, wenn Menschen aus dem globalen Osten und Süden plötzlich in der Rolle zu bedienst leistender Touristinnen vor den Türen...

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Aktivierung! Oder De-Aktivierung? Intensität und Wirkungen der Aktivierung bei älteren ALG II-Bezieher/ innen / Activation! Or de-activation? Intensity and effects of activation on older recipients of unemployment benefit II

Brussig, Martin; Knuth, Matthias - In: Arbeit 19 (2010) 4, pp. 253-266

Abstract In dem Aufsatz werden die Intensität und die Wirkungen arbeitsmarktpolitischer Aktivierung für ältere ALG II-Bezieher/innen (ab 50 Jahren) im Vergleich zu jüngeren (30 bis 49 Jahre) untersucht. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf Dienstleistungselementen des Aktivierungsprozesses, wie...

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Nicht-Erwerbsbeteiligung und subjektive Wahrnehmung von Teilhabeangeboten / Non-employment and the subjective perceptions of participation offers

Obermeier, Tim; Schultheis, Kathrin; Tiedemann, Birte - In: Arbeit 23 (2014) 3, pp. 193-210

Abstract Auf Basis einer Auswertung des Panels Arbeitsmarkt und Soziale Sicherung (PASS) gehen wir der Frage nach, wer die dauerhaft vom Arbeitsmarkt ausgeschlossenen Personen sind, und prüfen mit Hilfe einer binären logistischen Regression den Einfluss verschiedener Vermittlungshemmnisse. An...

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