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contract - to those of its neighbours in Southern Africa. It is the result of the specific character of poverty in Botswana and …
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Background: Since the latter part of the 20th Century, countries have been particularly challenged by the trade-off that exists between delivering generous welfare provisions and strong economic growth. Such dynamics have stimulated a need to better understand the causes of income inequality so...
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In an economy with migration, poverty changes are composed of a number of forces, including the income gains and losses … measure the contributions of different migration streams to overall poverty change. An application to Tanzania shows the new … insights that are provided - in particular on the role of migration to secondary towns in poverty reduction. …
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its great success in poverty reduction, China has witnessed rapidly increasing income inequality which only began to …
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Surveys (DHS) which lack information on incomes. This makes an analysis of trends and determinants of poverty and inequality … paper, we adjust a technique developed for poverty mapping exercises to link urban household income surveys with DHS data to … poverty and inequality in Bolivia. …
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Sustainable Development Goals, particularly poverty in Ghana. Specifically, the study examined the effect of COVID-19 on poverty … regressions. Results showed that COVID-19 had significantly increased the poverty levels of households while deteriorating living …
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Employment contributes to reduce the risk of poverty. Through a randomized controlled trial, we evaluate the impact of …
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. The paper underscores the principles of the poverty focus of social assistance and presents an overview of existence … evidence of first- and second-order effects of social assistance, particularly in the domains of poverty, education, health and …
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Employment helps reduce the risk of poverty. Through a randomized controlled trial, we evaluate the impact of a …
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Programs to fight poverty aim at allowing individuals to support themselves ex-post, when they are not part of the …
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