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STRUGGLES TO ESCAPE POVERTY IN SOUTH AFRICA: RESULTS FROM A PURPOSIVE RURAL SURVEY

Sender, John - Department of Economics, School of Oriental and African … - 2000

poverty are described that have a more realistic prospect of success than those promoted in the international and South …

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Complex assessment of poverty using composite indicator

Pacakova, Zuzana; Hlavsa, Tomas - In: AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics 3 (2011) 2

The article deals with measuring poverty whereas poverty is considered to be a multidimensional phenomenon and is … represented by various dimensions. It aims to propose a methodical instrument for complex evaluation of poverty and the … differences in poverty among the EU Member States. This instrument is also appropriate for regional comparison among the regions …

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Vote Buying, Political Patronage and Selective Plunder

Cendales, Andrés - In: Latin American Journal of Economics-formerly Cuadernos … 49 (2012) 2, pp. 237-276

This article introduces a political economy model for studying the relationship between the vote-buying strategy of a party that has won the mayoralty of a municipality in the last election and its preferences as the governing party on the municipal political space, given its desire to maintain...

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CATEGORIZATION OF POVERTY IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA IN THE PERIOD 2006-2010

GrujiÄ‡, Biljana; RoljeviÄ‡, Svetlana; Kljajic, Natasa - In: Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy 60 (2013) 2

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Rural American At A Glance: 2013 Edition

Kusmin, Lorin D. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2013

rural areas. This year's edition focuses on the U.S. rural economy, including employment trends, poverty, and population …

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Tackling Social Exclusion: Evidence from Chile

Carneiro, Pedro; Galasso, Emanuela; Ginja, Rita - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

extreme poverty, with guaranteed access to social services. Program impacts are identified using a regression discontinuity …

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Sharing High Growth Across Generations: Pensions and Demographic Transition in China

Song, Zheng Michael; Storesletten, Kjetil; Wang, Yikai; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

Intergenerational inequality and old-age poverty are salient issues in contemporary China. China's aging population …

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Role of Islamic Microfinance in Poverty Alleviation in Pakistan: An Empirical Approach

Aslam, Muhammad Naveed - In: International Journal of Academic Research in … 4 (2014) 4, pp. 143-152

microfinance to alleviate poverty in Pakistan its impacts, people satisfaction level and assess the future of it in Pakistan. An …

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Decoding the Growth-Nutrition Nexus in China: Inequality, Uncertainty and Food Insecurity

You, Jing; Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2014

-migration. Uncertainties attached to prices of meat, eggs and oil and fat accentuate nutrition poverty and can off-set the positive income …

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Human Development, Inequality and Poverty: empirical findings

Seth, Suman; Villar, Antonio - Departamento de Economía, Universidad Pablo de Olavide - 2014

poverty measures. We focus on the United Nations Development Program approach to those issues, in particular regarding the … human development index and the multidimensional poverty index. …

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