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  Inheriting extreme poverty: household aspirations, community attitudes and childhood in northern Bangladesh

  Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2005

  This report summarises research into the influence of community institutions on the inheritance of extreme poverty. The authors explore the differences in childhood between ultra poor households and moderately poor households, as well as the inherent implications for policy and practice.
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  Emerging trends in urban livelihoods

  Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2005

  This paper is part of a larger research project that aims to identify indicators of upward or downward movements in the continuum of poverty in Afghanistan, and to isolate characteristics and determinants that shape and differentiate various situations of the urban poor in Afghanistan.
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  Asset inequality and agricultural growth: how are patterns of asset inequality established and reproduced?

  World Bank, 2005

  This paper reviews the literature on the relationships between inequality and agricultural growth. It emphasises the social and political constructions of inequalities, particularly inequality affects growth which in turn exacerbate and reproduce these inequalities.
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  How does working as a child affect wage, income and poverty as an adult?

  World Bank, 2005

  This study assesses the future poverty impact of child labour. Drawing on empircal evidence from Brazil, the report examines the trends and tradeoffs between education and child labour.
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  Why is mobility in India so low?: social insurance, inequality, and growth

  Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2005

  This paper examines the hypothesis that the persistence of low spatial and marital mobility in rural India, despite increased growth rates and rising inequality in recent years, is due to the existence of sub-caste networks that provide mutual insurance to their members.
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  Southeast Asia Human Development Report 2005

  Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2004

  This report links the concepts of human development, regional economic integration and regional cooperation. It argues that the high level of disparity among countries within South East Asia can be attributed to variations in human resource development and differences in the quality of governance.
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  Identifying and understanding chronic poverty: beyond monetary measures

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2005

  This paper calls for a greater focus on chronic poverty in analysis and policy debate, that is based on a broader concept. It discusses current approaches to the analysis of chronic poverty and poverty dynamics, as well as limitations of monetary measures.
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  Street vendors in Asia: a review

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2005

  This study reviews research on street vendors in Asia in order to assess the extent of street vending across x Asian countries. It also collates information on the unionisation of the vendors as well as other organisations, comprising CBOs, NGOs & self help groups, that work for their welfare.
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  Gendered implications of tax reform in Latin America: Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Jamaica

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2005

  In the context of Latin American and Caribbean countries, this paper proposes that the most effective means for reducing class- and gender-based poverty and inequality is citizenship-based entitlements to basic (i.e.
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  HIV Aids and gender impact report

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003

  This report summarizes the findings of a household livelihood survey in Zambia. The aim was to gain a clear understanding of the dynamics of assets and livelihood strategies that are induced by the presence of HIV/AIDS in communities and households in Northern Province.The report is divided into two sections.

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