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Focal Areas for Measuring the Human Well-Being Impacts of a Conservation Initiative

Leisher, Craig; Samberg, Leah H.; Buekering, Pieter Van; … - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 3, pp. 997-1010

Within conservation, the need to measure the impacts on people from conservation initiatives such as projects and programs is growing, but understanding and measuring the multidimensional impacts on human well-being from conservation initiatives is complex. To understand the constituent...

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Impact of trade openness on poverty: a panel data analysis of a set of developing countries

Pradhan, Basanta K; Mahesh, Malvika - In: Economics Bulletin 34 (2014) 4, pp. 2208-2219

The impact of trade openness on poverty has been in the limelight for a few decades now, since most developing … countries relaxed their trade regimes. Poverty has always been a central issue for developing countries mainly because of their … effects of trade openness on poverty. We find that poverty has a negative and significant relationship with total trade …

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THE EFFECTS OF PROPOSED TAX CHANGES ON POVERTY AND VULNERABLE GROUPS IN SERBIA

Matković, Gordana; Mijatović, Boško - In: Economic Annals 56 (2011) 190, pp. 27-27

This paper provides an empirical analysis of the potential effects of a proposed tax reform in Serbia on poverty and … in Serbia would decrease (-3.4%), while poverty would increase (from 6.9 to 7.4%). All of the potentially vulnerable … tax reform during times of crisis and increased poverty that would probably result in negative short term social outcomes …

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Urban transport lending by the World Bank: The last decade

Mitric, Slobodan - In: Research in Transportation Economics 40 (2013) 1, pp. 19-33

Over the preceding decade, the World Bank committed about US$7.5bn in loans for urban transport projects in its client countries, involving total project costs of nearly US$13bn. Projects are designed by the client city/national governments and the World Bank in an interactive, give-and-take...

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Biofuels and economic development: A computable general equilibrium analysis for Tanzania

Arndt, Channing; Pauw, Karl; Thurlow, James - In: Energy Economics 34 (2012) 6, pp. 1922-1930

equilibrium model of Tanzania to evaluate different biofuels production options and estimate their impacts on growth and poverty …. Our results indicate that maximizing the poverty-reducing effects of biofuels production in countries like Tanzania will …

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Global biofuel production and poverty in China

Huang, Jikun; Yang, Jun; Msangi, Siwa; Rozelle, Scott; … - In: Applied Energy 98 (2012) C, pp. 246-255

This study assesses the future impacts of biofuel production from the world’s major biofuel producers (the US, Brazil and the EU) over the next decade on global markets and the resulting spatial implications on income distribution and agricultural production in China. Rising global commodity...

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Accounting for the effect of health on cross-state income inequality in India

Sperling, Lena Lindbjerg; Kjøller-Hansen, Anders Oskar - In: Economics Letters 115 (2012) 2, pp. 252-255

We perform development accounting in accordance with Weil (2005, 2007) in a cross-state analysis of India. Results of similar magnitude are found, demonstrating that health can account for 1% to 18% of income differences depending on the health measure.

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Subsidized childcare and child development in Colombia: Effects of Hogares Comunitarios de Bienestar as a function of timing and length of exposure

Bernal, Raquel; Fernández, Camila - In: Social Science & Medicine 97 (2013) C, pp. 241-249

Rigorous evidence regarding the impact of early care and education on children's development comes primarily from high-income nations. A few studies from Latin America and the Caribbean have identified benefits of conditional cash transfer and home visiting programs on children's development....

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Women's land ownership and risk of HIV infection in Kenya

Muchomba, Felix M.; Wang, Julia Shu-Huah; Agosta, Laura … - In: Social Science & Medicine 114 (2014) C, pp. 97-102

Theory predicts that land ownership empowers women to avoid HIV acquisition by reducing their reliance on risky survival sex and enhancing their ability to negotiate safer sex. However, this prediction has not been tested empirically. Using a sample of 5511 women working in the agricultural...

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Neighborhoods and mental health: Exploring ethnic density, poverty, and social cohesion among Asian Americans and Latinos

Hong, Seunghye; Zhang, Wei; Walton, Emily - In: Social Science & Medicine 111 (2014) C, pp. 117-124

This study examines the associations of neighborhood ethnic density and poverty with social cohesion and self … density among Latinos and negatively related to ethnic density among Asian Americans. Although higher neighborhood poverty is … social cohesion and covariates. Furthermore, social cohesion fully mediates the association between neighborhood poverty and …

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