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Reshaping Urbanization in Rwanda : Urbanization, Job Creation, and Poverty Reduction in Rwanda

World Bank Group - 2017

This note analyzes whether and how the country's rising urbanization levels (measured primarily by population density) are associated with nonfarm job creation and poverty reduction. By focusing on Rwanda's 416 geographic sectors for the decade from 2002 and 2012, the analysis shows that,...

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Greater Maputo : Urban Poverty and Inclusive Growth

World Bank Group - 2017

The overall objective of the Maputo Urban Poverty and Inclusive Growth Study is to inform the municipal governments of Maputo and Matola in the Greater Maputo Area (GMA) on how to better target and finance urban poverty reduction programs by building critical knowledge on urban poverty and...

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Global Experiences on Expanding Services to the Urban Poor

World Bank Group - 2009

In 2006-07, the Water and Sanitation Program-South Asia (WSP-SA) initiated a research toidentify barriers to service delivery for the urban poor. The research included a review ofvarious initiatives from across the globe that have resulted in improved service delivery for theurban poor and...

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Urban Poverty in Ulannabaatar : Understanding the Dimensions and Addressing the Challenges

Singh, Gayatri - 2017

Mongolia's economic growth from 2010 has been unprecedented with GDP peaking at 17.5 percent in 2012 when Mongolia was the fastest growing economy globally. This unparalleled growth of the economy was accompanied by an equally impressive decline in poverty by 17 percentage points between 2010 to...

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The Exposure, Vulnerability, and Ability to Respond of Poor Households to Recurrent Floods in Mumbai

Patankar, Archana - 2015

This paper examines poor households in the city of Mumbai and their exposure, vulnerability, and ability to respond to recurrent floods. The paper discusses policy implications for future adaptive capacity, resilience, and poverty alleviation. The study focuses particularly on the poor...

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Where to Create Jobs to Reduce Poverty : Cities Or Towns?

Christiaensen, Luc - 2017

Should public investment be targeted to big cities or to small towns, if the objective is to minimize national poverty? To answer this policy question, this paper extends the basic Todaro-type model of rural-urban migration to the case of migration from rural areas to two potential destinations,...

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East Asia and Pacific cities : expanding opportunities for the urban poor

Baker, Judy L. (ed.); Gadgil, Gauri U. (ed.) - 2017

Urbanization in East Asia and the Pacific has created enormous opportunity for many. Yet the rapid growth of cities can also create challenges as national and local governments try to keep up with the needs of their growing populations. Among these challenges is a lack of affordable housing,...

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School costs, short-run participation, and long-run outcomes : evidence from Kenya

Evans, David K.; Ngatia, Muthoni - 2018

-of-pocket schooling costs for children in poor communities in Kenya by providing school uniforms. The program used a lottery to determine …

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Kenya Economic Update, April 2019, No. 19 : Unbundling the Slack in Private Sector Investment - Transforming Agriculture Sector Productivity and Linkages to Poverty Reduction

World Bank Group - 2019

The Kenyan economy rebounded in 2018 and economic activity in the first quarter of 2019 was healthy, although emerging drought conditions could curtail GDP growth for the remainder of the year. The economy expanded by 6.0 percent in the first three quarters of 2018 compared to 4.7 percent during...

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Labor and welfare impacts of a large-scale livelihoods program : quasi-experimental evidence from India

Pandey, Vivek; Gupta, Abhishek; Gupta, Shivani - 2019

Improving the livelihoods of poor households and transitioning more women back to the labor force is a major challenge … in South Asia. Self-employment promoted through women's groups has often been cited as a promising intervention towards … achieve its primary objective of improving livelihoods by transitioning more women into work. The program has also expanded …

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