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process of globalization affects different aspects and dimensions of poverty in the developing world. It examines how these … numerous channels interact, as the net effects on poverty depend on the relative strength of the positive and negative forces …
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poverty reduction: helping the poor earn more in the labour market for the work they do, so that they can buy the goods and … services they need to move up out of poverty. …
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traditional notion of income mobility as well as for mobility around extreme and moderate poverty lines. The estimates suggest … determinants of changes in poverty incidence within cohorts revealed statistically significant roles for age, gender and, to a … lesser degree, education of the household head and dwelling characteristics. -- Income Mobility ; Poverty ; Pseudo …
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The transitional economies of the Former Soviet Union (FSU) have enjoyed an extraordinary period of growth and poverty … households. The paper assesses the relative importance of these transfers for welfare and poverty in Moldova, the poorest country … effective in improving welfare and reducing poverty whereas social assistance transfers have little or no effect. Social …
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In order to understand whether a reduction in overall poverty has improved the situations of the poorest, it is crucial … stringent multidimensional poverty: one uses a more stringent vector of deprivation cutoffs, and the other, a more stringent … cross-dimensional poverty cutoff. To explore the distinction between these two approaches empirically, we examine the …
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engaging children in child labour, can lock households in a low-income equilibrium or poverty trap. Provided that covariate … policy. -- food ; fuel ; financial crisis ; poverty ; vulnerability ; sub-Saharan Africa ; Nigeria …
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poverty reduction: helping the poor earn more in the labour market for the work they do, so that they can buy the goods and … services they need to move up out of poverty. -- foreign assistance ; economic growth ; employment ; poverty ; developing …
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Pro-poor growth has been identified as one of the most promising pathways to accelerate poverty reduction in developing … that take into account the extraordinary importance of agricultural productivity for poverty reduction in developing …
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This paper focuses on the role of institutions in the fight against poverty and inequality. Our view of institutions …-income poverty à la capability approach of Amartya Sen) allows a rich discussion of policy interventions. While both orientations as … to the concepts of poverty, inequality and institutions are expounded on a priori reasoning, empirical analysis with LAC …
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