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Searching with a thematic focus on Poverty in Indonesia

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    Robust multiperiod poverty comparisons

    Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme, 2007
    DIAL propose a new methodology for comparing poverty over multiple periods across time and space that does not arbitrarily aggregate income over various years or rely on arbitrarily specified poverty lines or poverty indices.
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    Towards wellbeing in forest communities: a sourcebook for local government

    Center for International Forestry Research, 2008
    Local governments have an important role to play in enhancing the wellbeing of forest communities, yet often lack the capacity to understand and address local needs.
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    Urbanization, educational expansion, and expenditures inequality in Indonesia in 1996, 1999, and 2002

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2007
    Urban-rural location and education are often considered among the main causes of expenditure inequality. This paper examines inequality changes associated with urbanization and educational expansion in Indonesia.
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    The dynamics of inter-provincial income distribution in Indonesia

    The International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development, 2007
    This paper examines regional income disparity in Indonesia and inter-provincial income disparity in Indonesian provinces using the distribution approach. It notes that the results suggest a trend toward increased disparities since the 1990s.
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    Living in the background: home-based women workers and poverty persistence

    Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2007
    This paper examines the relationship between home-based work and persistent poverty in certain parts of South and South East Asia. The author argues that an expanded conception of social protection is needed if poverty prevention initiatives are to be effective in the case of home-based women workers.
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    Changes in population structure and household consumption inequality in Jakarta-West Java and Central Java

    The International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development, 2006
    This paper discusses income distribution in Java with a particular emphasis on factors that affect consumption inequality in Indonesia. The document reviews existing works on inequality and relates this to income and population structure by analysing official census data.
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    Interrelationship between growth, inequality, and poverty: the Asian experience

    Asian Development Bank, 2007
    This paper examines the relationships between economic growth, income distribution, and poverty for 17 Asian countries for the period 1981–2001. The author uses an inequality–growth trade-off index (IGTI) to analyse the trade-off between inequality and growth. A poverty equivalent growth rate is also employed to study the distributional impact of growth.
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    Inclusive growth toward a prosperous Asia: policy implications

    Asian Development Bank, 2007
    Asia’s impressive economic growth is being complemented by soaring inequalities. This paper argues that if rising income and non-income inequalities are not addressed, there is a major risk to continued social and economic progress in developing Asia.
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    Bridging knowledge gaps between locals and experts through participatory decision making processes to address climate change impacts

    South South North, 2006
    This Pilang project will develop methodologies to facilitate effective communication between local communities and climate, marine and agricultural experts, to generate information regarding climate change vulnerabilities in the coastal area of Pilang. This information will be used to develop adaptation strategies for the target population. The project aims to: 
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    The South South North Capacity Building Module on Poverty Reduction

    South South North, 2006
    The South South North network adopts a pragmatic approach to tackling climate change and sustainable development. This module incorporates the main approaches and provides a toolkit for practitioners wishing to implement mitigation and/or adaptation in communities in developing countries.

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