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A method is proposed to provide robust poverty comparisons and robust evaluations of marginal policy reforms under …
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This paper shows how to take into account risk aversion when measuring poverty under income variability. An application … to British panel data suggests that income and poverty comparisons between the self-employed and other groups of … order to account for risk aversion and income variability in the measurement of poverty. …
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slightly negative or weakly positive but generate reductions in poverty at the national level and for rural households. The pro …
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A biofuels race has emerged because of the increasing cost of oil. In parallel, a growing concern for environmental protection has been observed. The expansion of biofuel production has occurs concurrently with raising prices of the foodstuffs. Developing countries like Mali have seen this...
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Dans ce travail, nous analysons la cohérence des politiques de développement sur la pauvreté et la distribution des revenus. Les politiques économiques et de développement des pays développés ont un impact significatif sur les pays en voie de développement. Ces politiques sont...
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Commodity producers in Africa often bene?t from guaranteed and relatively stable prices for their crops. This paper shows how to estimate the required increase in crop price necessary to o¤set the higher risk for farmers that price liberalization would entail due to large variations over time...
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