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assess the impact of recent reforms on the ability of systems to alleviate poverty and maintain living standards, using … most countries poverty alleviation remains strong. However, moves to link benefits to contributions have made some systems … individuals above the 60% relative poverty threshold throughout retirement. Our simulations suggest that the gradual negative …
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This study systematically maps, assesses and aggregates research relating to postnatal depression (PND) and poverty in … 17 countries were included in our mapping. We highlight mechanisms for the relationships between poverty and PND in … LLMICs. The research base on the relationships between poverty and PND in LLMIC is limited, but has recently expanded. It is …
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This paper examines efforts to provide low cost Internet access devices for the poor in the light of debates about the appropriate role of information and communication technologies in development and the priority that should be given to enabling the poor to become connected to global networks....
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The standard approach to the study of poverty assumes the existence of an ideal variable that captures the extent of … deprivation. In this paper we postulate that poverty is involved with many dimensions. We use a latent variable framework to …
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poor - instead of the entire transition matrix. Various poverty duration models accommodating unobserved population …
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indicators minimise the impact of systemic reforms on the poverty alleviation and income replacement functions of pension systems …. They suggest that these reforms have decreased generosity significantly, but that the poverty alleviation function remains …
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This paper studies growth and inequality in China and India – two economies that account for a third of the world’s population. By modelling growth and inequality as components in a joint stochastic process, the paper calibrates the impact each has on different welfare indicators and on the...
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Both educational attainment and school quality are typically lower in disadvantaged areas than others and much recent policy attention has been focused on each. This paper looks at the quality problem, exploring the relationships between disadvantaged contexts, what schools do, and the quality...
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poverty, analysis of children's living standards, state versus federal responsibilities, welfare reform and the emphasis on …
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