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Searching with a thematic focus on Poverty, poverty inequality, Rural poverty

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  Issues in labour market inequality and women’s participation in India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme

  International Labour Organization, 2011

  The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGP or NREGP), functions as an income supplement for poor households by providing 100 days of work to a rural household, with 33 per cent of all workdays reserved for women workers.
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  Poverty and agriculture in the Philippines: trends in income poverty and distribution

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012

  Poverty incidence in the Philippines is rising based on the national official data released by the National Statistical Coordination Board. Poverty incidence among population rose from 24.9 percent in 2003 to 26.4 percent in 2006 and then inched up further to 26.5 percent in 2009.
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  Harnessing the potential of the nonfarm economy for smallholders in Latin America

  Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2014

  Latin American countries have implemented a range of strategies to boost the rural nonfarm economy, with positive impacts on local economic growth and poverty reduction.
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  Poverty and gender inequality in asset ownership among households in Southern Nigeria

  2014

  This study concerns gender inequality in the ownership of certain assets among households in Southern Nigeria. With the aid of a structured questionnaire, data were obtained from 60 households using the multistage sampling technique. Results of the analysis are presented using histograms.
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  Sustainable Brazil: social and economic impacts of the 2014 World Cup

  Ernst & Young Terco, 2011

  On October 30, 2007, the FIFA Executive Committee appointed Brazil as host of the 2014 World Cup football tournament.
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  ‘Mucupuki’: social relations of rural-urban poverty in central Mozambique

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2009

  The objective of this study on poverty in Mozambique is to support the government in monitoring and evaluating the ongoing "Action Plan for the Reduction of Absolute Poverty". The paper focuses on social relations of poverty in the interface between rural and urban life, paying special attention to the district of Buzi in central parts of the country.
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  The new social and economic order in 21st century China: can the government bring a kinder, gentler mode of development?

  Oxford University Library, 2008

  This paper addresses the new turn in China‘s development paradigm and assesses its prospects, focusing particularly on whether the government will be able to improve rural public services, and reverse the trend of growing inequality. This assessment is done through the lens of fiscal policies, the primary instrument for the government in implementing the new paradigm.
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  Striving for growth, bypassing the poor? A critical review of Rwanda’s rural sector policies

  Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Antwerp, 2007

  This paper critically analyses the challenges and priorities for Rwanda’s rural sector policies in the fight against poverty. The lessons drawn are important, the author asserts, as this sector will be at the forefront of Rwanda’s new Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS or PRSP-2).
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  Economic and social survey of Asia and the Pacific 2008

  United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2008

  Examines the region’s key short and medium term prospects and challenges in macroeconomic and selected social areas and studies long-term development issues for the developing countries in the region.
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  Boda-bodas rule: non-agricultural activities and their inequality implications in western Kenya

  GIGA Deutsches Orient-Institut / GIGA German Institute for Middle East Studies, 2007

  Engagement in non-agricultural activities in rural areas can be classified as survival-led (decreasing inequality) or opportunity-led (increasing inequality). In this article the authors confirm the existence of the differently motivated diversification strategies in Western Kenya.

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