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The Contribution of Income Components to Income Inequality in South Africa: A Decomposable Gini Analysis.
Leibbrandt, M.V.; Woolard, C.D.; Woolard, I.D. - World Bank Group - 1996
inter-household inequality and poverty. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005475234
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Social Exclusion and Children:A European view for a US debate
Micklewright, John - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2002
to children in theUS, I discuss various features of US society and institutions includingthe measurement of poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008695289
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The Geographic Determinants of Poverty in Albania
Makdissi, Paul; Boccanfuso, Dorothée; Audet, Mathieu - Département d'économique, Faculté d'administration - 2006
To better understand the geographic determinants of poverty in Albania, this article proposes a methodology similar to … poverty levels. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005609445
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Poverty-Reducing and Welfare-Improving Marginal Public Price and Price Cap Reforms
Makdissi, Paul; Wodon, Quentin - Département d'économique, Faculté d'administration - 2001
stochastic dominance framework. The key advantage is that the assessment as to whether pricing or price cap reforms are poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005467349
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Infrastructure and Poverty in Vietnam.
Van de Walle, D. - World Bank Group - 1996
This study uses the Viet Nam Living Standards Survey of 1992-93 to examine the association between household living standards and the level of access to various infrastructural services.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005475250
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The Targeted Credit Programs and Rural Poverty in Bangladesh.
Khander, S.R.; Showdbury, O.H. - World Bank Group - 1996
The alleviation of poverty has been the prime objective of small-scale targeted credit programs such as the Grameen … both lesing poverty and sustaining household welfare on a long-term basis. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005479232
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The Targeted Credit Programs and Rural Poverty in Bangladesh.
Khander, S.R.; Showdbury, O.H. - World Bank Group - 1996
The alleviation of poverty has been the prime objective of small-scale targeted credit programs such as the Grameen … both lesing poverty and sustaining household welfare on a long-term basis. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005638669
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The Role of Government and the Private Sector in Fighting Poverty.
Psacharopoulos, G. - World Bank Group - 1996
Government and the private sector have complementary roles in promoting development and in fighting poverty. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005639109
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Poverty Lines in Theory and Practice
Ravallion, M. - World Bank Group - 1998
A poverty line helps focus the attention of governments and civil society on the living conditions of the poor. In … practice, there is typically not one monetary poverty line but many, reflecting the fact that poverty lines serve two distinct …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661392
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Constructing an Indicator of Consumption for the Analysis of Poverty. Principles and Illustrations with Reference to Ecuador.
Hentschel, J.; Lanjouw, P. - World Bank Group - 1996
This paper is concerned with the derivation of a welfare indicator for households from consumption data. It examines, illustrating with reference to data for ecuador, several of the steps involved in contructing consumption aggregates and highlights some of the principles which should guide the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661398