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The majority of the world's poor, by income poverty and multi-dimensional poverty, now live in countries officially … ending aid. In light of this, this paper considers two competing perspectives on this changing pattern of global poverty: the … mutually exclusive, is that global poverty is gradually in the process of 'nationalizing', at least in terms of resources …
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This article examines the causal relationship between foreign aid, poverty, and economic growth in 82 developing … relationship between economic growth and poverty; (b) a unidirectional causal relationship from economic growth to foreign aid; and … (c) unidirectional causality from poverty to foreign aid. In the long-run, the study found that (a) foreign aid tends to …
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Despite record economic growth in the decade that followed the fall of the Taliban regime, poverty remained stubbornly …
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We analyze the relationship between Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) and external donors, with the aim of contributing to the debate on "mission drift" in microfinance. We assume that both the donor and the MFI are pro-poor, possibly at different extents. Borrowers can be (very) poor or...
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In theory, poverty reduction is associated with economic growth and equal access to opportunities for all citizens …, regardless of their age, gender and income. Pakistan has reduced its poverty headcount by nearly 66% between 2002–2016, despite … contributed to alleviation of poverty in the country. The paper finds that the shift towards a stable democratic regime has …
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To examine poverty on China's campuses, we utilize the Chinese College Students Survey carried out in 2010. With … poverty line defined as the college-specific expenditures a student needs to maintain the basic living standard on campus, we … find that 22 percent of college students in China are living in poverty. Poverty is more severe among students from the …
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improves the wellbeing of the poorest groups, it is the richer groups that benefit the most.foreign aid, poverty, well …
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We evaluate the impact on household income of Viet Nam's national target programme to build a new countryside for the period from 2010 to 2015. The purpose of the programme is to modernize rural Viet Nam. Given the universal implementation of the programme, we use a quasi-experimental approach...
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, and other business activities. However, it does not matter that energy poverty is connected to the electrical grid, and … social wellbeing. This study investigates the incidence of energy poverty in China’s foreign aid countries. Our paper uses … investigate the impact of energy poverty on energy consumption, education, and the per capita income of households. The selected …
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This paper makes new estimates of the cost of ending poverty and the global distribution of both the cost and poverty … itself. First, the paper discusses definitions of 'ending' poverty, arguing that there is an overemphasis (e.g. SDG 1) on the … extreme poverty line which is insufficient for multiple reasons. Second, we turn to the question of the location of global …
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