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On the quantity and quality of girls fertility, parental investments, and mortality
Anukriti, S; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Tam, Hiu - 2020
The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female fetuses. This paper examines the impacts of this on girl relative to boy mortality rates after birth, using data from 1973-2005. The analysis finds a narrowing of the gender...
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The dynamics of poverty : why some people escape from poverty and others don't ; an African case study
Grootaert, Christiaan; Kanbur, Ravi; Oh, Gi-taik - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000920024
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Why secondary towns can be important for poverty reduction : a migrant's perspective
Ingelaere, Bert; Christiaensen, Luc J.; De Weerdt, Joachim - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011760686
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Migrants, towns, poverty and jobs : insights from Tanzania
Christiaensen, Luc J.; De Weerdt, Joachim; Ingelaere, Bert - 2018
urbanization may well bear on the speed of poverty reduction. This paper reviews the latter question within the context of Tanzania …. It starts from the observation that migration to towns contributed much more to poverty reduction than migration to … access off-farm employment and exit poverty because they are more nearby. It concludes with a call for greater consideration …
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Social protection, poverty and the post-2015 agenda
Fiszbein, Ariel; Kanbur, Ravi; Yemtsov, Ruslan - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009765626