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This book is a collection of papers presented by eminent economists and social scientist during the two days national conference under the title "Socio-Economic Challenges Faced by Pakistan" held on 2nd & 3rd June 2008 at the Convention Centre of the International Islamic University (IIU),...
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This chapter offers a primer on poverty, inequality, and vulnerability analysis and a guide to resources on this topic …. It is written for decision makers who want to define the type of information they need to monitor poverty reduction and …
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This study develops a theory of investment in human capital which rests on the assumption that an individual will choose to remain in school if the present value of the future income stream associated with additional education exceeds that associated with the present level of education. The...
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America in the last 30 years in which to frame the changes in poverty and inequality in the region. Thus, the main thesis of … the paper argues that, beyond the improvements that indicators of poverty and inequality in the region in recent years …
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point we make two contributions. First we quantify the phenomena of poverty, richness, and inequality in housing comfort … significant rates of poverty (12.41%) and richness (22.03%). The evidence sustains that the differences between households derive …
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The major aim of this chapter is to extend the poverty studies of the sixties into the seventies, it also re …-examines the evidence on rural poverty for the sixties, supplementing the results with new evidence where available, mainly to see … whether the conclusions reached by earlier authors were in fact justified. An examination of the trends in rural poverty into …
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The potential benefits of accurate targeting are substantial because public expenditures can be concentrated to the needy, thereby saving money and improving program efficiency. However, targeting also entails the administrative costs associated with identifying, reaching, and monitoring...
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The President and the Government of Liberia have placed a strategic priority on youth employment and have asked development partners for support in these areas. The Office of the President, the government, and development partners have undertaken over the last two years several steps to generate...
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In this paper an attempt is made to estimate poverty line/ratio and inequality consistent with NAS based consumption … poverty measurement controversy based on two sources of estimations but explores consistent estimation. …
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This paper discusses the global food price hike and the effects of it among the poor of developing countries. Increase of food price became severe during 2007 and 2008, which was high in the last fifty years and more than half of the populations of the world affected due to this price hike....
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