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Remittances, growth and poverty: New evidence from Asian countries

Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav; Ali, Abdilahi; … - In: Journal of Policy Modeling 36 (2014) 3, pp. 524-538

. Finally, remittances contribute to poverty reduction – especially through their direct effects. Migration and remittances are …

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Poverty impacts of natural resource revenues

Warr, Peter; Menon, Jayant; Yusuf, Arief Anshory - In: Journal of Asian Economics 23 (2012) 4, pp. 442-453

This study analyzes the effects on poverty incidence and other variables resulting from government expenditures … true marginal expenditures and their implications are compared. Poverty incidence declines under the entire range of …

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Urbanization and Inequality in Asia

Kanbur, Ravi; Zhuang, Juzhong - In: Asian Development Review 30 (2013) 1, pp. 131-147

This paper provides a quantitative analysis of how the changing dual economic structure and urbanization affect inequality in Asia. Focusing on data for four countries—the Peoples’ Republic of China, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines—the paper asks three questions. First, how much of...

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From substitution to complementarity: some econometric evidence on the evolving NGO-State relationship in Pakistan

Campos, Nauro F; Khan, Feisal U; Tessendorf, Jennifer E - In: Journal of Developing Areas 37 (2004) 2, pp. 49-72

This paper investigates the relationship between government policies and quasi-public institutions such as Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). In particular, it attempts to identify under which conditions they can act as complements or substitutes. The case of Pakistan is used to motivate...

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Is Aquaculture Pro-Poor? Empirical Evidence of Impacts on Fish Consumption in Bangladesh

Toufique, Kazi Ali; Belton, Ben - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 609-620

Aquaculture is widely held to contribute to poverty reduction and food security in the Global South, but robust …

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Measuring Exposure to Downside Risk with an Application to Thailand and Vietnam

Povel, Felix - In: World Development 71 (2015) C, pp. 4-24

living of a household as opposed to other benchmarks such as the poverty line in the case of measures of vulnerability. Using …–09 using regressions with household fixed effects. We examine vulnerability to poverty and “hybrid” vulnerability to poverty in …

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A Feminization of Vulnerability? Female Headship, Poverty, and Vulnerability in Thailand and Vietnam

Klasen, Stephan; Lechtenfeld, Tobias; Povel, Felix - In: World Development 71 (2015) C, pp. 36-53

headed by men. It analyzes the correlates of consumption, shock exposure, and severity, as well as vulnerability to poverty … suggest that in Thailand single female-headed households are less vulnerable to poverty than households headed by men. However …, in Vietnam these households are particularly poor and vulnerable to poverty; we show that this is mostly due to their …

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Social development trends in Asia, 1970–1994

Estes, Richard - In: Social Indicators Research 37 (1996) 2, pp. 119-148

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The Politics of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in Andhra Pradesh

Maiorano, Diego - In: World Development 58 (2014) C, pp. 95-105

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is India’s (and the world’s) largest employment scheme. While many analyses exist on the impact and implementation faults of this program, scant attention has been dedicated to how political dynamics have influenced implementation....

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Displacement and Erosion of Informal Risk-Sharing: Evidence from Nepal

Lam, Lai Ming; Paul, Saumik - In: World Development 43 (2013) C, pp. 42-55

a vicious cycle of poverty. …

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