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    What do national poverty lines tell us about global poverty?

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2012
    The basic question about ‘how many poor people are there in the world?’ generally assumes that poverty is measured according to international poverty lines (IPLs). Yet, an equally relevant question could be ‘how many poor people are there in the world, based on how poverty is
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    Regionalism and economic integration in Africa: a conceptual and theoretical perspective

    African Capacity Building Foundation, 2014
    A well-established strand of the literature on regionalism and economic integration has made clear that economic, geopolitical, and socio-cultural relationships across the globe, for which Africa is no exception, have been changing rapidly in the last few decades. African leaders
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    Review paper: The impacts of business support services for small and medium enterprises on firm performance in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review

    The Campbell Collaboration, 2015
    Business support interventions in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) direct a large amount of resources to SMEs, with the assumption that institutional constraints impede small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from generating profits and employment at the firm level, which in turn is thought to impede economic growth and poverty reduction.
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    Mobile phone interventions for improving economic and productive outcomes for farm and non - farm rural enterprises and households in low and middle - income countries

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2013
    The link between economic growth, development and the ability to communicate over distances is a topic that has been extensively debated in available literature. There are three possible impacts of improved communication technologies: they are beneficial in development terms, they are neutral; or they are harmful.
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    Property and prosperity: reforming landholding in Africa

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2016
    How Africans access – or ‘own’ – their landholdings is a matter of profound importance for the continent’s future. It touches on social welfare as well as prospects for economic development. This policy briefing provides an overview of the land question, drawing heavily on the Country Review Reports (CRRs) of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM).
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    Proceedings Report on IGD Symposium: Trilateral Cooperation

    Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2015
    As countries such as South Africa continue to increase their involvement in development diplomacy, this is an area of research which must continue to be explored, especially given its potential for fostering global partnerships and financing the post-2015 development agenda.
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    Smallholder access to weather securities: demand and impact on production decisions

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2015
    Weather-based insurance products insure farmers against production risks on the basis of a weather index that is highly correlated to local yields. Indemnifications are triggered by prespecified patterns of the index, as opposed to actual yields. This eliminates the requirement of on-field assessments for indemnification, thereby lowering administrative costs and time.
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    Property tax experiment in Punjab, Pakistan

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2014
    Pakistan faces important policy challenges in improving service delivery and growth and development. Low levels of tax revenue act as a serious constraint to economic growth, provision of services and, more generally, to building an effective state. Pakistan does poorly on revenue collection, even when compared to other developing countries.
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    Impact assessment of credit programme for the tenant farmers in Bangladesh

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2015
    This study report gives us the latest evidences from a randomized field experiment on an innovative micro-credit programme for the tenant farmers in Bangladesh.
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    Micro entrepreneurship support programme in Chile: impact evaluation

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2015
    Micro-entrepreneurship can be a successful income generation strategy if there is a good business idea, the abilities necessary to develop it, and capital to finance it. From this view, two types of strategies emerge to encourage micro-entrepreneurship: increasing abilities through training and providing access to capital.

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