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Identifying Vulnerable Groups in the Kyrgyz Labour Market: Some Implications for the National Poverty Reduction Strategy
Bernabe, Sabine; Kolev, Alexandre - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2003
This paper investigates the overlap between employment status and poverty, drawing particular attention to the working poor and precarious workers, and to the existence of multiple labor-related risks faced by specific groups. This analysis is undertaken using the Kyrgyz Poverty Monitoring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201154
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Who Should be Interviewed in Surveys of Household Income?
Fisher, Monica G.; Reimer, Jeffrey J.; Carr, Edward R. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE; …
This study tests the null hypothesis that it is sufficient to interview only the household head to obtain accurate information on household income. Results show that using a husband’s estimate of his wife’s income does not produce statistically reliable results for poverty analysis....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201424
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Does Measurement Error Explain a Paradox About Household Size and Food Demand? Evidence from Variation in Household Survey Methods
Gibson, John - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2003
exploits within-country differences in household survey methods and interviewer practices to provide a measurement error …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005805885
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Income Nonresponse and Inequality Measurement.
Paraje, Guillermo; Weeks, Melvyn - In: Revista de Analisis Economico – Economic Analysis Review 25 (2010) 2, pp. 193-221
, Theil and Atkinson indexes). A number of statistical methods have been developed to impute missing values of incomes for … essay analyses the effects that different correction methods produce on a set of inequality coefficients. It is proved that … methods often used to correct for nonresponse can introduce important biases on inequality coefficients if the patterns of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416792
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Prices, Unit Values and Local Measurement Units in Rural Surveys: an Econometric Approach with an Application to Poverty Measurement in Ethiopia
Capéau, Bart; Dercon, Stefan - Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie … - 1998
For many research problems in developing countries, some information on prices faced by households is required, for example if subsistence consumption is a substantial part of consumption. These prices are not readily available from household surveys, and at times they are not easily observed,...
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Mali; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Joint Staff Advisory Note
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
Mali’s Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategic Paper provides a comprehensive framework for implementing an ambitious growth and poverty reduction agenda. Executive Directors approve the elaboration of GPRSP-3, which will guide the country in its efforts to sustainably reduce poverty. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243002
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Guinea; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper—Joint Staff Advisory Note
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This paper presents a Joint Staff Advisory Note on Guinea’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). Baseline economic growth is projected to accelerate to 5.2 percent in 2014 and beyond, up from just under 4 percent in 2012. This projection is based on an acceleration of economic growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243561
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Democratic Republic of São Tomé And Príncipe: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Joint Staff Advisory Note
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
This Joint Staff Advisory Note discusses the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. The PRSP-II is the successor to the government’s previous development strategy, the PRSP-I, and furthers the country’s commitment to promoting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243714
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Djibouti; Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
This Joint Staff Advisory Note focuses on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Djibouti. Djibouti’s National Initiative for Social Development (“Initiative Nationale pour le Développement Social‖INDS) provides a comprehensive vision for economic growth and poverty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244186
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Union of the Comoros; Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Joint Staff Advisory Note
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This paper presents a Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Union of the Comoros’s Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (I-PRSP). The I-PRSP’s macroeconomic framework is broadly in line with the government’s objectives of improving opportunities and living conditions for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244237