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Internet access and poverty reduction: Evidence from rural and urban Mexico
, 2021Using data from Mexico's 2016 National Household Income and Expenditure Survey (ENIGH), we estimate the impact of Internet access on the multidimensional and income poverty of rural and urban Mexico.
Jorge Mora-Rivera +1 more
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2018
In today’s affluent world approximately one-third of the human population lives in astate of poverty. Around 870 million people—more than the populations of the United States and European Union combined—suffer from chronic hunger and nearly 900 million people have no access to safe drinking water. More than 350,000 women die every year during pregnancy
Hulme, David, Turner, O.
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In today’s affluent world approximately one-third of the human population lives in astate of poverty. Around 870 million people—more than the populations of the United States and European Union combined—suffer from chronic hunger and nearly 900 million people have no access to safe drinking water. More than 350,000 women die every year during pregnancy
Hulme, David, Turner, O.
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Exploring the linkage between tourism, governance quality, and poverty reduction in Latin America
Tourism Economics, 2021It has been of great concern for policymakers and government officials to increase the economic trajectory of living standards. Tourism development over the years is outlined in the extant literature as an alternative pathway to sustainable development ...
T. Dossou +3 more
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African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and Development, 2020
Poverty alleviation has been positioned high on the international development agenda following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000.
Oluwayemisi Adebola Abisuga +2 more
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Poverty alleviation has been positioned high on the international development agenda following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000.
Oluwayemisi Adebola Abisuga +2 more
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, 2020
In recent years, eco-compensation in China, or more internationally termed as the payments for ecosystem services (PES) has emerged as an important policy instrument for not only environment management, but also poverty reduction.
Wu Le, Le-shan Jin
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In recent years, eco-compensation in China, or more internationally termed as the payments for ecosystem services (PES) has emerged as an important policy instrument for not only environment management, but also poverty reduction.
Wu Le, Le-shan Jin
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Poverty Reduction: The Paradox of the Endogenous Poverty Line
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2007When evaluating poverty, the relative poverty line may be considered as a percentage of the median income or it may be a percentage of the average income. It is proved that, with a poverty line relative to the median income, reducing poverty may become less costly in proportion to the total income as poverty increases (measured by the Sen, the Sen ...
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Poverty Dynamics and Poverty Reduction Strategies
2012Analysis of Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2010 data (HIES 2010) by the BBS indicates a remarkable reduction of poverty in rural Bangladesh during 2005–2010 as the incidence of poverty in rural area dropped from 43.8 % in 2005 to 35.2 % in 2010, 8.6 point in percentage reduction over the period (BBS 2011).
Motiur Rahman +2 more
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Impact of remittances on economic growth and poverty reduction amongst CIS countries
Post-Communist Economies, 2019The main goal of this paper is to assess the effect of remittances on economic growth and poverty reduction amongst the post-Soviet states, compared with other external sources of capital, such as foreign aid and foreign direct investment.
Mubinzhon Abduvaliev, R. Bustillo
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PARETO HONOURING POVERTY REDUCTION
Bulletin of Economic Research, 2011ABSTRACTPolicy reforms often pit the poor against the poor by triggering a fall in poverty for some but an increase in poverty for others. Aggregated national measures gloss over these fine patterns and pronounce ‘a reduction in poverty’– is such aggregation across poor individuals ethically permissible?
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An occupational perspective of poverty and poverty reduction
Journal of Occupational Science, 2017ABSTRACTPoverty is a complex problem with diverse interdependencies. Effective poverty reduction requires new ways of thinking about poverty and innovative programs to reduce its impact on people, communities and the environment. To date, a mix of economic, social structural, capabilities and learning perspectives have been applied to understanding ...
Francesco Sofo, Alison Wicks
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