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poverty reduction (i.e., headcount ratio) in Pakistan. In order to determine the relationship, this study uses time … health, education, economic growth and poverty reduction. In the short-run, there is observed unpredictable change in poverty … financed and monitored accordingly, reduces poverty in Pakistan. In order to reduce poverty, the impact of positive economic …
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heritance among the poor. Societies with higher rates of relative poverty will have a higher level of income inequality, but … upwardly mobile. Reviewing relevant research in psychology, we describe how poverty is associated with decreased psychological … diminishes intergenerational mobility even without the existence of any culture of poverty or monopolistic institutions in the …
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One of the biggest impacts of a disaster is the effect it can have on community and regional housing and the ability of people, communities and regions to recover from the damages. Policy decisions involving investments in loss reduction measures and response and recovery are best informed by...
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. Government planners believe that oil palm investment will develop the local economy, create jobs and reduce poverty. Using the …
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Efforts to evaluate the impact of programs designed to safeguard the well-being of older adults in the US are stymied by the absence of adequate tools to answer a key question: how much income is “enough” in later life? The purpose of this paper is to report on a new indicator of income...
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Empirical evidence suggests that women are more vulnerable to chronic poverty and gender inequality is likely to … condition the impacts of policies on the rest of the economy and consequently on poverty itself. While gender …
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Alors qu’il ne reste plus qu’une année avant la date d’échéance de la réalisation des Objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement, l’Indice de la faim dans le monde 2014 (GHI) offre une analyse multidimensionnelle de la faim et présente de nouvelles données permettant...
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This review article presents the evolution of development theory during the XX century, the measurement of poverty, the … concept and the indices of multidimensional poverty. A special focus concerns the complex linkages between income inequality …, poverty and institutions during the growth process of developing countries. …
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domestic prices. Under perfect pass-through, the mandate leads to a reduction in rural poverty by about 39 million people, and … poverty increase by a total of 8 million people. Our study suggests that the US biofuel mandate may lead to modest increase in …
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This paper compares consumption and income as measures of households’ living standards using UK data. It presents evidence that income is likely to be under-recorded for households with low resources. It describes the different impressions one gets about trends in the level and inequality...
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