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The end of decent social protection for the poor? The dynamics of low wages, minimum income packages and median household incomes

Cantillon, Bea; Collado, Diego; Van Mechelen, Natascha - Centrum voor Sociaal Beleid - Herman Deleeck, … - 2015

-poor households with children fall short compared to the poverty threshold (defined as 60% of equivalised median household income … household incomes. This points at severe and increasing structural difficulties to reduce poverty. …

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Wealth as an Indicator of Socio-Economic Welfare: Islamic Views

Zaman, Asad; Naveed, Arif; Atiq-ur-Rehman - Pakistan Institute of Development Economics - 2014

incorrectly. Similarly, poverty is a trail which can bring great rewards if borne with patience and prayer, and also cause great …

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Impact Evaluation of Remittances for Pakistan: Propensity Score Matching Approach

Siddiqui, Rizwana - In: The Pakistan Development Review 52 (2013) 1, pp. 17-44

accumulation which, directly and indirectly, affect households’ welfare, poverty incidence and growth prospects of a country. Using …

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Conflits armés, inégalités et pauvreté : quelles interactions dans la région nord du Niger ?

Daouda, Youssoufou Hamadou - In: Revue d'économie régionale et urbaine décembre (2011) 5, pp. 831-848

The armed conflicts of Northern Niger are often presented as having identity or political motives, while socio-economic factors have seldom been taken into account. By contrast, the literature increasingly underlines their importance. This paper attempts to make a connection between the factors...

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“An Ebbing Tide Lowers all Boats”. How the Great Recession of 2008 has Affected Men and Women in Central and Eastern Europe

Fodor, Éva; Nagy, Beáta - In: Revue de l'OFCE N° 133 (2014) 2, pp. 121-151

participation declined and their rates of poverty increased during the crisis years. We also explore gender differences in opinions …

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De la couverture maladie universelle aux politiques d'accès à l'assurance-maladie complémentaire : diversité des modèles et des protections

Kerleau, Monique - In: Revue française de socio-Economie n° 9 (2012) 1, pp. 171-189

In this paper, we seek to characterize the contemporary transformations of the health insurance by showing that they reflect both the growing importance of ?social rights? and the penetration of the logic of insurance. Firstly, we recall the debates that have punctuated the legislative process...

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Software as a service: An opportunity for disruptive innovation in the microfinance software market?

Ashta, Arvind; Patel, Jiten - In: Journal of Innovation Economics n°11 (2013) 1, pp. 55-82

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Célibat, pauvreté et sexualité des hommes en Chine rurale : une enquête exploratoire

Shuzhuo, Li; Qunlin, Zhang; Xueyan, Yang; Attané, Isabelle - In: Population (french edition) 65 (2010) 4, pp. 783-799

, well documented elsewhere, between singlehood and poverty, and shows that poverty is a dual factor of exclusion in this …

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Aid Effectiveness for Poverty Reduction: Lessons from Cross‑country Analyses, with a Special Focus on Vulnerable Countries

Guillaumont, Patrick; Wagner, Laurent - In: Revue d’économie du développement 22 (2014) HS01, pp. 217-261

which seem the most relevant and robust, this paper argues that aid is leading to poverty reduction, in particular in … the time dynamics of this effectiveness. Three main channels by which aid may influence the poverty levels are considered … other channels. The stabilizing impact of aid has a major influence on poverty reduction, which cannot be evidenced without …

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Santé et développement : une causalité circulaire

Berthélemy, Jean-Claude; Thuilliez, Josselin - In: Revue d’économie du développement 21 (2013) 2, pp. 119-147

Historically population health improvements and economic development are closely interrelated. The theme ?Health and Development? poses indeed a large number of both theoretical and empirical questions, and social policy issues in this area are obvious. The issue of bidirectional causality...

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