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The Politics of Poverty and the Poverty of Politics
Clark, J.R.; Lee, Dwight R. - In: Journal of Private Enterprise 22 (2006) Fall 2006, pp. 84-106
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Can the West Help the Rest? A Review Essay of Sachs’ The End of Poverty and Easterly’s The White Man’s Burden
John, Arielle; Storr, Virgil Henry - In: Journal of Private Enterprise 25 (2009) Fall 2009, pp. 125-140
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Economic Policy in South Africa: Past Present and Future
Bhorat, Haroon; Hirsch, Alan; Kanbur, Ravi; Ncube, Mthuli - Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics - 2014
As the 20th anniversary of the transition to democracy approaches in 2014, the economic policy debates in South Africa are in full flow. The forthcoming Oxford Companion to the Economics of South Africa contributes to the policy and analytical debate by drawing together perspectives on a range...
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Melhores aposentadorias, melhores trabalhos : Em direção à cobertura universal na América Latina e no Caribe Title: Mejores pensiones mejores trabajos: Hacia la cobertura universal...
Bosch, Mariano; Melguizo, Ángel; Pages, Carmen - Inter-American Development Bank
its inequality and poverty, and is looking towards the future with greater optimism than in the past. As the region grows …
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Safety Net for India's Poor or Waste of Public Funds? Poverty and Welfare in the Wake of the World's Largest Job Guarantee Program
Klonner, Stefan; Oldiges, Christian - Alfred-Weber-Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, … - 2014
's largest public employment program, on household consumption and poverty rates in rural India. Combining regionally coded data … opportunities under the scheme have cut poverty during the agricultural lean season by as much as one half while we find no effect …
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Can Personal Financial Management Education Promote Asset Accumulation by the Poor?
Caskey, John P. - Networks Financial Institute, Scott College of Business - 2006
This paper asks whether personal financial management education is an effective mechanism for helping lower-income households accumulate financial assets and improve credit histories. The paper argues that the best existing studies of the effectiveness of financial literacy initiatives suggest...
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A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation of the Application of an Endogenous Poverty Line and Its Relationship with the Poverty Impact of Policy Reforms
Dartanto, Teguh - Fakultas Ekonomi, Universitas Indonesia - 2011
This research aims to theoretically and empirically investigate the difference of poverty outcome between applying a … fixed and an endogenous poverty line. Applying the microeconomic theory of consumer behavior and the CGEMicrosimulation …, this study has theoretically and empirically proven that, if a fixed poverty line is applied, the poverty impact of policy …
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Entre la negación y la conciencia de desigualdad: percepciones subjetivas de la pobreza entre jóvenes urbanos
Garro Rojas, Lidieth - In: Revista de Ciencias Económicas 28 (2010) 10
Este artículo profundiza en las percepciones subjetivas que jóvenes habitantes de una barriada urbana pobre tienen de su propia condición de pobreza. Aunque no se perciben como pobres y más bien se consideran a sí mismos como pertenecientes a la clase media, los jóvenes que habitan en...
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La pobreza como metáfora
Gamboa, Isabel - In: Revista de Ciencias Económicas 25 (2007) 03
El trabajo que se presenta enseguida pretende contribuir a la producción de conocimiento acerca de cómo la pobreza es vivida por las personas en esa condición, en la Costa Rica contemporánea. El ensayo es un avance de una investigación cualitativa cuya principal fuente son las entrevistas...
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Capital social y su vínculo con la pobreza en Costa Rica
Collado, Andrea - In: Revista de Ciencias Económicas 25 (2007) 03
Este artículo explora algunas de las relaciones teóricas y empíricas entre el capital social y la pobreza en Costa Rica. Se define "capital social" como el valor de las relaciones sociales mediadas por "normas de reciprocidad". Se usan datos de la encuesta de Opinión Pública de América...
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