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We review the empirical evidence on the impact of microcredit on poverty in Bangladesh. Drawing on evidence from seven … empirical studies with 306 estimates, we examine the impact of microcredit on three proxies of poverty - income, assets and …
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Sen’s influential work on human development has led economists to explore new areas that have become increasingly important for human well-being. In particular, Sen emphasizes the importance of the "freedom to choose". Freedom, however, is not always an exact (crisp) outcome, and membership in...
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The main objective of the study is to analyze the most important determinants of monetary poverty (at macro-level) in … poverty or social exclusion over 23 percent of EU citizens can be considered poor. In this study a spatial Durbin model (SDM … part of the European Union. The at-risk-of-poverty rate (i.e. monetary poverty indicator) across western EU regions is the …
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The theory of established-outsider figurations developed by Norbert Elias is a useful tool for examining deprived neighbourhoods. The case of this paper is Dortmund Nordstadt in Germany, an old inner-city neighbourhood which from its early days has housed the newly arrived immigrants. Elias...
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Targeting of national anti-poverty programs in low-income countries commonly relies on statistical procedures involving … household-level survey data, while small-scale poverty-alleviation programs often employ so-called community-based targeting …
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the national level, the local level is in focus to illuminate differences between municipalities. Studies on poverty are … no exception. The regional level contains a lot of information which is needed to understand the dynamics of poverty …. Without this information it is difficult to fight or mitigate poverty. The previous research focusing on i) regional aspects …
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this paper, the interrelationship between employment, residential emancipation and poverty dynamics is studied for eight … European countries by means of an econometric model with feedback effects. Results show that youth poverty genuine state … dependence is positive and highly significant. Evidence proves there is a strong causal effect between poverty and leaving home …
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