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    Pluralism, tenancy and poverty: cultivating open-mindedness in poverty studies

    Q-Squared: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Poverty Analysis, 2006
    Examining poverty in a one-dimensional manner produces only a partial image. The complexities of poverty require a multi-dimensional approach in order to gain a more comprehensive understanding.
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    Using change rankings to understand poverty dynamics: examining the impact of CFPR/TUP from community perspective

    Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2006
    Studies of poverty dynamics relying solely on household income-expenditure surveys can overestimate transient poverty and underestimate the persistence of poverty, especially for the poorest.This study makes use of an alternative approach to evaluate the effectiveness of a livelihoods programme for the ultra-poor delivered by BRAC in Bangladesh.
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    Azerbaijan's household survey data: explaining why inequality is so low

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2006
    Azerbaijan has enjoyed one of the highest rates of economic growth among the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) since the late 1990s. Macroeconomic stability, rises in oil income and sound financial management have all contributed to the improved economic performance. The impact of numerous positive economic developments on wealth distribution and poverty remains largely unclear, however.
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    Employment status, security and the management of risk: a study of workers in Kwamsane, KwaZulu-Natal

    School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2006
    The changing nature of employment and labour patterns, on domestic and global scales, translates into rising economic and social insecurity for a great number of people. No more so, perhaps, than in the case of South Africa, given its long history of divisive employment and economic policies.
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    Local inequality and project choice: theory and evidence from Ecuador

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2006
    Should resource allocation decisions of anti-poverty programmes be taken at the local level, or should they remain centralised?
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    Poverty mapping in Uganda: an analysis using remotely sensed and other environmental data

    Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative, 2006
    Global poverty alleviation efforts have long produced mixed results, and attempts at identifying their various pitfalls have reinforced the need to establish accurate targeting of poverty reduction initiatives. The fundamental pre-requisite for this, therefore, is a clear understand of its spatial distribution.
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    Example life history database

    Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2006
    Quantitative poverty data alone often fails to capture the complexities inherent in poor communities, as does the sole use of qualitative data. The purpose of this example database is to highlight, from a methodological perspective, how quantitative data can be strengthened by life history data collected from the same households.
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    Shifts in non-income welfare in South Africa: 1993-2004

    Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2006
    The advent of 10 years of democratic rule in South Africa, together with the publication of recent survey sets, has sparked an interest amongst economists and development researchers. The emphasis of recent studies has been on changes in income poverty and inequality over a period of time within the 10 years of democracy.
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    Country study: monetary policy and financial sector reform for employment creation and poverty reduction in Ghana

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006
    The structure of the financial sector and the implementation of monetary policy directly impact employment.
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    Spatial externalities between Brazilian municipios and their neighbours

    Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme, 2005
    In this paper the authors document and analyse the evolution of GDP per capita in the Northeast and in other regions of Brazil. They use measures of GDP per capita at the municipality level computed in 1970 and 1996.

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