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, is a factor slowing down poverty reduction. But it can also result in slower poverty reduction for a given average rate … of growth, due to poverty traps, often examined at the microeconomic level. Testing a model of poverty change on a panel … of data for more than 80 countries from 1981 to 2005, we find that income instability results in a lower poverty …
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understand the nuances of poverty alleviation process in Indian context, an assessment of pro-poorness of economic growth is all … element of India's development policy is the targeted poverty alleviation and social development programs which are supply … functioning of some major poverty alleviation programs in the Indian context in order to identify the key factors that are …
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The Fijian economy seems to be have made a sustained recovery since 2011 after the impact of the economic fallout from the December 2006 coup. However, the recovery may not be as great as is being forecast by the Reserve Bank of Fiji. Higher growth rates have mostly remained elusive, despite the...
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required to allow for poverty reduction. We first present the economic policies of the following periods and their impacts on … that can lead Brazil towards a faster and more equitable growth and rapid poverty reduction. We conclude presenting the …
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Many empirical studies have shown that economic growth generally leads to a drop in poverty. These studies have also … pointed out that a given growth rate is compatible with a large range of outcomes in terms of poverty reduction. This means … that growth is more pro-poor in certain cases than in others. Using complete and partial poverty orderings, this paper …
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Putting the combat against poverty to the fore as the main objective of the development process has raised the issue of … the linkage between economic growth, inequality and poverty. There is now a growing agreement that both the rate and the … distributional impact of growth are important in fighting poverty. This means that pro-poorness of a given growth rate is more …
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This paper studies the pro-poor bias of contemporary trade policy in India by estimating the household welfare effects of eliminating the current protection structure. The elimination of a pro-poor trade policy is expected to have lower welfare gains or higher welfare loss at the low end of the...
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Peru has made great progress in reducing poverty and inequality in the past decade alongside high economic growth …. Albeit this progress, the incidence of poverty and inequality remain high. This paper examines the distributional and poverty … poverty reduction. It decreases absolute poverty by 2-3 percentage points in terms of monetary income and up to 9 percentage …
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welfare of smallholder farmers. Poverty reduction is a crucial sustainable development goal, and a clearer understanding of … the factors contributing to poverty is essential for effective, targeted policy initiatives in Nigeria. Investigating the … potential relationship between land access and household poverty-related outcomes is highly relevant for both land and social …
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This paper empirically investigates the impact of foreign aid on economic growth and poverty alleviation in India using … the long-run. Results further confirm that aid does not have significant impact on poverty alleviation both in the … poverty in India during the study period …
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