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poorer households than household-specific constraints. …
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Pakistan has been experiencing robust economic growth for the past few years. The macroeconomic position as exhibited by the real sector growth, fiscal indicators and external balance has reasonably improved. However the big question remains; will Pakistan be able to sustain these growth levels?...
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This paper inscribes itself in the logic of debates on the policies of poverty reduction which have been taking place … for a decade now. The author evaluates the influence of social religious capital on the poverty of households in Cameroon … the author makes use of three different models to estimate three indicators - of monetary poverty, of poverty of living …
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achieved during the past seven years in reducing the poverty levels. We study using a CGE-microsimulation model the effects of …
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element of viable poverty reduction strategy for Bangladesh as well. Without significant poverty reduction it is impossible to … ecological reasons and for the implications of ecological damage for rising inequality and poverty, such a strategy must also be …
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every five persons in labour force belongs to a poor household. While the problem of working poverty is broadly discussed in …Recently, there is growing debate in developed countries on the issue of the working poor. Poverty is a phenomenon … created new poverty risks amongst the employed population. As a result of this trend, the concept of the ‘working poor’, which …
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subsidies and social programs (whether the subsidies are provided in cash or in kind) is important for reducing poverty. In this …
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Integration to world markets is expected to help developing countries to access prosperity. At the same time, increasing opportunities to trade are likely to affect income distribution and whether or not increasing openness to trade is accompanied by a reduction or an increase inequality is...
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. Alternative poverty indices which consider a household poor if its income is lower than that required to buy a basic basket of …The incidence of poverty,as measured by the relative index customarily used in Israel,rose in 2005 to a level of 24 ….7 percent.Some reduction in poverty was evident in 2006,however,and in the year to June 2006 it reached 24.4 percent …
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ABSTRACT Today, the Southeastern and Eastern (SE&E) parts of Turkey are facing many problems. The clear difference in economic development between the Western and Eastern parts of Turkey has dropped the Eastern part into deep crises. Many have debated these crises and postulated different...
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