Chile has made significant progress
towards equalizing opportunities in recent years, especially
those pertaining to poverty alleviation, school enrollment,
and access...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 67654Date: May 4, 2012
Globally, over 40 million people have
been forced to leave or flee their homes due to conflict,
violence, and human rights violations either as refugees
outside their...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 78265Date: May 1, 2012Author:
Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Elena ;
Ruiz, Isabel ;
Vargas-Silva, Carlos ;
Zetter, Roger
It is important for countries to measure
and track poverty as frequently and accurately as possible,
particularly in Central America. That information allows
identifying...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 72288Date: May 1, 2012
This paper explores Liberia's
policy options in support of the development of a
Medium-Term Growth and Development Strategy (MTGDS) for
2013-2017 and its national vision,...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 67300Date: March 15, 2012
The note is structured as follows:
section two provides a brief discussion of the data; section
three presents the Life in Transition-Supplemental Modules
(LITS-SM)...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 75642Date: March 1, 2012
At an average above 6.0 percent per year
over the past two decades, Uganda' s growth rate was
impressive by all standards. In parallel, poverty declined
significantly,...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 67377Date: February 1, 2012
After decades of persistent disparities,
inequality in Brazil has fallen steadily over the last
fifteen years. This robust rate of decline has surpassed the
pace of...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 70155Date: January 1, 2012
This Poverty and Social Impact Analysis
(PSIA) explores the distributional effects of a package of
fiscal reforms initiated by the Government of Jamaica and
supported...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 67809Date: January 1, 2012
In October 2008, the World Bank created
the South-South Experience Exchange Facility to facilitate
the exchange of anti-poverty experiences between and among
developing...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 69220Date: January 1, 2012
This paper examines the opportunities,
challenges and constraints of undertaking community-based
development (CBD) programming in Timor-Leste, particularly
through the...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 70040Date: January 1, 2012
This report aims to provide a diagnostic
of the Lebanese economy and policy advice to a broad
audience. To that effect, an analysis of the dynamics of
foreign inflows...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 65994Date: January 1, 2012
Over the past few years there has been a
growing interest in the role that forests play in supporting
the poor, in reducing their vulnerability to economic and
environmental...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 70528Date: January 1, 2012
Central America made considerable
progress during 1997-2006: stronger economic and political
stability, overall positive albeit modest economic growth
and improvements...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 68944Date: January 1, 2012
Europe and Central Asia have suffered a
setback in economic growth because of the recent global
crisis, which revealed fundamental structural weaknesses
previously hidden...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 65189Date: December 6, 2011
Unemployment, especially youth
unemployment, is a serious problem for the Republic of
Congo. Despite the economic recovery and political
stabilization in the last decade,...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 61999Date: December 1, 2011
Uganda has one of the youngest and most
rapidly growing populations in the world. The most important
demographic issue for Uganda is related to the age structure
rather...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 63165Date: December 1, 2011
Armenia's structural reforms since
1999 have led to a strong economic record, including low
fiscal deficits and declining public debt over the
pre-crisis decade. Between...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 62587Date: November 1, 2011
Armenia's structural reforms since
1999 have led to a strong economic record, including low
fiscal deficits and declining public debt over the
pre-crisis decade. Between...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 62587Date: November 1, 2011
Poverty reduction is an important goal
for governments of many developing countries. This goal is
synonymous with economic development and achieving a higher
quality...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 65068Date: October 3, 2011
This report presents a detailed analysis
of household poverty and its drivers - family, labor and
human capital outcomes, social assistance transfers, and
geography...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 63842Date: September 15, 2011
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