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Welfare Analysis of Changing Food Prices: A Nonparametric Examination of Export Ban on Rice in India

Groom, Ben; Tak, Mehroosh - Department of Economics, School of Oriental and African … - 2013

During the world food crisis of 2007-08, the price of staples soared rapidly. Higher food price impacts poor households more as they spend approximately three quarters of their income on food. Together rice and wheat provide more than 50% of the calorific intake in India. Apart from providing...

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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 … introduce Islamic micro financing products in Pakistan. The present study was conducted to analyze the role of Islamic …

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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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