Introduction: Over the past few decades many different development strategies have emerged concerning the alleviation of poverty and the progress of international development. It is nearly impossible to have an ideal development model that will ensure a positive growth for developing nations. Until recently‚ whether or not development strategies were actually successfully implementing policies and improving the standard of living of societies was of much debate. Of course‚ it must be recognized
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Challenges For Poverty Reduction in Malaysia One of the challenges for poverty reduction in Malaysia is migrant worker’s issue. The current development policies of Malaysia are influenced by globalisation and liberalization which leads to the implications on activities related to poverty. The decrease in employment opportunities affects the urban poor and migrant workers. The demand for skilled human resources in capital intensive activities are huge since Malaysia is restructuring its economy
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Greg Andranovich‚ Ali Modarres and Gerry Riposa Abstract Among the changes in the field of community development is the growing importance of microfinance‚ both to provide access to credit and as a vehicle for empowerment. Community banks are recognized for their role in meeting these goals‚ although they remain controversial‚ as the goals of microfinance are not always agreed upon‚ with government officials and community members emphasizing different interests. We examine the Los Angeles Community
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This essay is an attempt to explain the role of investment in poverty reduction. In order to achieve this‚ an exposition of the theoretical assumptions on the linkages between investment and poverty reduction will be undertaken. In addition‚ relevant definitions and practical examples will be cited. A conclusion will then be drawn from the discourse. As is well known‚ poverty is multi-dimensional. There are several different indicators of well-being (e.g. education‚ health‚ nutrition‚ security)
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Adult Education and Poverty Reduction Education is a moral right to those who should be educated and a moral duty to those who should allow and facilitate the education to take place. That is equivalent to saying that education should necessarily result in poverty reduction as a matter of moral imperative. A society that is ravaged by poverty is morally impoverished and can escape the poverty through a certain kind of education (Dame‚ 1999). Education is a necessary instrument for the attainment
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to the study It is estimated that one-fifth of the World’s population currently lives on less than a dollar a day (Annan‚ 2001). It is also estimated that around one-third of the people living in developing countries continue to live in ‘income poverty’ by earning less than one US dollar per day. This affects children and so nearly 12 million children die each year before their fifth birthday. This brings in the issue of human capabilities such as being illiterate‚ unhealthy and inadequately nourished
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Final Report Poverty and Social Impact Assessment: Pakistan Microfinance Policy May 2006 Oxford Policy Management POVERTY AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT: PAKISTAN MICROFINANCE POLICY |2 Disclaimer: The views reflected in this report do not necessarily reflect that of official DFID or UK Government policy. POVERTY AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT: PAKISTAN MICROFINANCE POLICY |3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Abbreviations ………………………………………………………………………………………………….7 Executive Summary ..
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1 China’s economic growth and poverty reduction (1978-2002) By Hu Angang，Hu Linlin and Chang Zhixiao1 [Abstract] This article has summarized and evaluated the trend of China’s poverty decrease in the period of 1978-2002‚ considering that China has obtained great achievements in the area of poverty decrease sine 1978 and made great contributions to the world; however‚ poverty decrease has not corresponded to the economic growth and it has slowed down the pace since the middle of 1980s; in addition
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PIDE Monograph Series Poverty Reduction in Pakistan: Learning from the Experience of China G. M. Arif and Shujaat Farooq PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ISLAMABAD All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic‚ mechanical‚ photocopying‚ recording or otherwise—without prior permission of the author and or the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics‚ P. O. Box 1091‚ Islamabad
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ERD WORKING PAPER SERIES NO. 25 ECONOMICS AND RESEARCH DEPARTMENT Revisiting Growth and Poverty Reduction in Indonesia: What Do Subnational Data Show? Arsenio M. Balisacan Ernesto M. Pernia Abuzar Asra October 2002 Asian Development Bank ERD Working Paper No. 25 REVISITING GROWTH AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN INDONESIA: WHAT DO SUBNATIONAL DATA SHOW? Arsenio M. Balisacan Ernesto M. Pernia Abuzar Asra October 2002 Arsenio M. Balisacan is Professor of Economics at the
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