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Poverty and Development of Human Capital in Sudan

Mohamed, Issam A.W. - 2011

Catastrophes in Sudan are of many dimensions. Food security is a chronic and intrinsic problem in Sub Saharan Africa which is a fact recognized by the international society. Political instability, civil wars and finally recent secession of its Southern part is another fact which may be taken as...

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Trends in Human Development and Human Poverty in Namibia

Levine, Sebastian - 2011

poverty in Namibia. Based on official national data sources - some specially adjusted for this analysis by the Central Bureau … of Statistics - the Human Development Index (HDI) and Human Poverty Index (HPI) for Namibia are computed and analysed. A … language groups. Similarly, by broadening the definition of poverty to focus on deprivation in a range of essential …

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On the measurement of human well-being : fuzzy set theory and Sen's capability approach

Baliamoune-Lutz, Mina N. - 2004 - Revised version

Sen’s influential work on human development has led economists to explore new areas that have become increasingly important for human well-being. In particular, Sen emphasizes the importance of the "freedom to choose". Freedom, however, is not always an exact (crisp) outcome, and membership in...

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Do Sen's capabilities determine happiness? : evidence from a unique survey data

Hasan, Hamid; Khan, Hayat - In: International journal of happiness and development 2 (2015) 2, pp. 160-181

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Is Islam Really a Development Blockade? 12 Predictors of Development, Including Membership in the Organization of Islamic Conference, and Their Influence on 14 Indicators of Develo...

Tausch, Arno - 2008

With all the talk in Europe about Islam and Muslim culture it is surprising how little hard-core empirical evidence exists on the compatibility of Muslim culture with positive patterns of political, social, and ecological development in the world system in the 1980s, 1990s, and beyond. This...

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Determinants of International Remittance Inflows in Middle-Income Countries in Asia and the Pacific

Yoshino, Naoyuki - 2020

The middle-income trap is a serious problem in developing Asia and Pacific economies. Middle-income trap is the situation in which a country's growth slows after reaching middle-income levels and the transition to high-income levels becomes unattainable. International remittances of immigrants...

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Subjective well-being and income : is there any evidence of satiation?

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2013 - This draft: April 16, 2013

Many scholars have argued that once "basic needs" have been met, higher income is no longer associated with higher in subjective well-being. We assess the validity of this claim in comparisons of both rich and poor countries, and also of rich and poor people within a country. Analyzing multiple...

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Extreme bounds of subjective well-being : economic development and micro determinants of life satisfaction

Bhuiyan, Muhammad F.; Szulga, Radek S. - In: Applied economics 49 (2017) 14, pp. 1351-1378

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Participatory Equity, Identity, and Productivity : Policy Implications for Promoting Development

Basu, Kaushik - 2007

alleviate poverty. But in the long run, what is critical is that we instill in people a sense of belonging and having certain …

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"Economic development" and gender equality : explaining variations in the gender poverty gap after socialism

Fodor, Éva; Horn, Dániel - 2015

-level modeling techniques, this paper explores the macro-level determinants of the gender poverty gap in the ten post … poverty gap in Central and Eastern Europe, while generous welfare policies, specifically higher levels of spending on pensions …

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