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Poverty incidence and sectoral growth: Evidence from Southeast Asia
Warr, Peter G. - 2002
In recent decades, absolute poverty incidence declined in most countries of Southeast Asia, even though in some of these countries inequality increased at the same time. This paper examines the relationship between these outcomes and the rate of economic growth in the agricultural, industrial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279267
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Equitable access to land as a means of poverty reduction in rural china
Hao, Yan - 2011
In China, as in many developing countries, poverty is primarily a rural phenomenon. Considerable efforts have been made … over the last few decades to reduce poverty in China's rural areas; and indeed, the poverty rate in these areas has fallen …, and social implications in today's China. Given the well-documented correlation between landlessness and rural poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010308440
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Räumliche Unterschiede im Armutsrisiko in Ost- und Westdeutschland
Goebel, Jan; Wurm, Michael - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600963
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Poverty Reduction Policies and Practices in Developing Asia
Heshmati, Almas (contributor);  … - 2015
This book looks at the major policy challenges facing developing Asia and how the region sustains rapid economic growth to reduce multidimensional poverty through socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable measures. Asia is facing many challenges arising from population growth, rapid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011902394
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Regulation of the electricity industry in Bolivia: Its impact on access to the poor, prices and quality
Bojanic, Antonio; Krakowski, Michael - 2003
This paper takes stock with the results of utility privatization in Bolivia. This paper deals with the process of structural reforms in this country and the specific results that have to date been accomplished in the electricity industry. It is mostly interested in exploring whether the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295383
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Impacts of the Doha Development Agenda on People's Republic of China: The Role of Complementary Education Reforms
Zhai, Fan; Hertel, Thomas - 2005
household-disaggregated, recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of the People's Republic of China (PRC …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507199
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Mainstreaming the adaptations and reducing the vulnerability of the poor due to climate change
Ranganathan, C. R.; Palanisami, K.; Kakumanu, K. R.; … - 2011
Many rural poor people in developing countries depend on agriculture and are highly influenced by climatic change. Hence, sustainable livelihood approaches are used at both policy and project level to initiate new poverty reduction activities and modify existing activities to improve livelihood...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010397339
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Housing Policies in China: Issues and Options
Zenou, Yves - 2011
address housing policy issues in China. One of the main concerns in Chinese cities is the raise of poverty mainly by illegal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331380
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Property Rights for the Poor: Effects of Land Titling
Galiani, Sebastian; Schargrodsky, Ernesto - 2010
Secure property rights are considered a key determinant of economic development. The evaluation of the causal effects of property rights, however, is a difficult task as their allocation is typically endogenous. To overcome this identification problem, we exploit a natural experiment in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429312
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Improving donor support for urban poverty reduction
Banks, Nicola - 2011
The growing urbanization of poverty poses a significant challenge to governments and donors alike, particularly in Asia, which houses 60 per cent of the world's slum dwellers. Donors have been slow to respond to the urban challenge, however, both in their funding patterns and their priorities....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280168