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encountered by these economies and may have added to political instability in this region, as well as the occurrence of poverty … unfortunate because severe poverty (even more so than in much of Asia) exists in several of these least developed nations e.g. the …
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Outlines the background and aims of the Millennium Development Goals. Presents a brief introduction to the articles in this special issue.
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clearer understanding of the constraints they face in reaching the goals, with a special focus on the economic, poverty …
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Zimbabwe, it also establishes a clear link between MFIs and both poverty eradication and the empowerment and equality of women …
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issues of poverty, unemployment and lack of opportunities amongst the Indo‐Fijian community. The Indo‐Fijian community, since … extent of concern about poverty, unemployment and lack of basic facilities such as water, housing and electricity among the …
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Poverty in third world (TW) countries is a serious problem, and microcredit has become the most popular approach to … in the TW poverty situation”. These criticisms, however, seem just as weak as the arguments supporting the model. One … economics. To inject some fresh ideas in the debate, this paper examined microcredit's poverty‐alleviating ability from the …
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This paper is a study on child poverty from two perspectives: child income poverty (derived from family income) and … income‐based poverty measures and deprivation measures do not overlap. On the other hand, the relationship between poverty … and the child's living conditions is not linear. Uses micro‐econometric techniques to analyse child income poverty and …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight that child labour is complementary to adult labour in the brick kiln industry. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents a case study of bonded labourers in the brick kiln industry of Southeast India. Findings – The paper finds...
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poverty of SSA has many dimensions and causes, both internal and external. Certainly part of its underdevelopment is … is that the principal therapy for poverty in SSA comes from within by addressing the internal obstacles to growth …
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Purpose – This paper seeks to analyse the current poverty situation and poverty alleviation efforts of the NGOs in … that the majority of the NGO beneficiaries remained below the poverty line in terms of income and the overwhelming majority … employment opportunity. The qualitative data on the perception of beneficiaries on the causes of poverty endorse this finding …
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