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conditions. This information will serve as input for planning strategies to alleviate poverty. In this article, we present a …
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Purpose - The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the impact of financial development on poverty reduction … in Egypt. The paper also investigates whether financial development affects poverty via gross domestic product (GDP …) growth. Design/methodology/approach - This study uses the autoregressive distributed lag approach to estimate two …
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Many low- and middle-income countries have introduced public works programs (PWPs) to fight poverty. This paper …
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This article introduces the updated and expanded version of the Financial Development and Structure Database. The database includes indicators on the size, efficiency, and stability of banks, nonbank financial institutions, and equity and bond markets over 1960–2007. It also contains...
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Proxy means test (PMT) poverty targeting tools have become common tools for beneficiary targeting and poverty … United States Agency for International Development (USAID) poverty assessment tool and base data for demonstration of these … methods; however, the methods applied in this paper should be considered for PMT and other poverty-targeting tool development …
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(growth theory, poverty and inequality, human capital, and institutions) taught in at least half the classes and large …
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Recent evidence suggests only modest social and economic impacts of microfinance. Favorable cost-benefit ratios then depend on low costs. This paper calculates the costs of microcredit and other elements of the microcredit business model using proprietary data on 1,335 microfinance institutions...
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relationships between family policy and mothers’ poverty risks. We empirically investigate how investment in child benefits …, childcare services and parental leave measures at the transition to parenthood are associated with poverty outcomes at later …’ observed increase in poverty over time is slower in countries with high levels of spending for childcare at the transition to …
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poorest and market-isolated households, questioning popular policy narratives about poverty-driven forest clearing. …
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poverty strengthens the AfD, while greater local immigrant presence weakens AfD support. Immigrants are more concentrated in … poorer neighborhoods, but crucially, local poverty does not undermine the effect of immigrant presence. Immigrant …
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