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  Poverty reduction, sustainability and learning. an evaluability assessment of seven area development projects

  Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2000

  The project sample reviewed in this study (Rural Employment Sector Programme, RESP, Phase III, Bangladesh; UNICEF Social Development Programme, Bolivia; Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia; Cambodia Area and Regeneration Project, CARERE2, through UNDP; Local Land Management of Natural Resources, LAMP, Tanzania; Rural Water, Health and Sanitation Programme, HESAWA, Tanzania; Mountain Rural Dev
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  Moving the poverty reduction agenda forward in Asia and the Pacific: the long-term strategic framework of the Asian Development Bank (2001-2015)

  Asian Development Bank Institute, 2001

  ADB has devised a long-term strategic framework (LTSF) to help realise this vision and mission. The LTSF sets out an agenda for carrying out the poverty reduction strategy in the next decade and a half.
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  Asian cities in the 21st Century: contemporary approaches to municipal management vol. 5 fighting urban poverty

  Asian Development Bank Institute, 2001

  The present volume contains the proceedings of the third Asian Mayors’ Forum, which focused on the theme Fighting Urban Poverty and was held in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, on 26-29 June 2000.
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  Implicit pension debt, transition cost, options, and impact of China's pension reform: a computable general equilibrium analysis

  World Bank, 2001

  Using a newly designed Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model that differentiates among three types of enterprise ownership and 22 labour force groups, this study estimates the effects of China's pension reform and compares various options for financing the implicit pension debt and transition cost.
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  Democracy and income inequality: an empirical analysis

  World Bank, 2001

  While standard political economy theories suggest a moderating effect of democratisation on income inequality, empirical literature has failed to uncover any such robust relationship.
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  Nonfarm income, inequality and poverty in rural Egypt and Jordan

  World Bank, 2001

  This article uses decomposition analysis to examine the impact of different sources of income (including nonfarm income) on poverty and inequality in rural Egypt and Jordan.Conclusions: While nonfarm income reduces poverty and improves income distribution in Egypt, in Jordan nonfarm income goes mainly to the rich and thus tends to increase rural inequality.
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  Anti-poverty policies: a symposium

  International Journal of Development Economics, 2000

  This is a symposium dealing with public policy toward lessening poverty in the United States and in the world. The articles in this symposium recognise the importance of five policy fields in reducing poverty. Chapters and conclusions:Introduction - economic growth and inequality.
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  Enhancing women’s economic options: fulfilling the Beijing Commitment

  International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2000

  The platform for Action adopted at Beijing outlined 12 critical areas of concern as necessary for advancing the status of women.
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  Global Poverty Report 2001: a globalized market: opportunities and risks for the poor

  World Bank, 2001

  The Global Poverty Report considers the effects of globalizing markets on poverty in developing countries.
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  Lessons from Uganda on strategies to fight poverty

  World Bank, 2001

  Using household data specifically collected for the purpose of evaluation, this paper evaluates the impact on household income of a rural program in China that focuses on increasing women's economic and social participation in the local community.The paper finds that the program substantially increases women's participation and household income, and also generates positive social benefits.

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